PSA 12:3 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Ἐπίβλεψον, εἰσάκουσόν μου, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου· φώτισον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, μή ποτε ὑπνώσω εἰς θάνατον·
(Epiblepson, eisakouson mou, Kurie ho Theos mou; fōtison tous ofthalmous mou, maʸ pote hupnōsō eis thanaton; )

BrTr How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

ULT Yahweh, cut off all flattering lips,
⇔ every tongue declaring great things.

UST Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues
⇔ so that they cannot continue to boast.

OEB ⇔ May the Lord cut off all the flattering lips,
⇔ and the tongue that utters arrogance,

WEBBE May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
⇔ and the tongue that boasts,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
⇔ and the tongue that boasts!

LSV YHWH cuts off all lips of flattery,
A tongue speaking great things,

FBV Stop their flattery, Lord, and silence their boasts—

T4T ⇔ Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues
⇔ so that they cannot continue to boast.

LEB • the tongue speaking great boasts—

BBE The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

Moff The Eternal cut off every flattering lip,
⇔ and tongues that talk so loftily—

JPS (12-4) May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!

ASV Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,
⇔ The tongue that speaketh great things;

DRA How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

YLT Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

Drby Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

RV The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh great things:

Wbstr The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

KJB-1769 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:[fn]
(The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh/speaks proud things: )

12.3 proud: Heb. great

KJB-1611 [fn]The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

12:3 Hebr. great things.

Bshps God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.
(God will cut away all flatteryng lips: and the tongue that speaketh/speaks great things.)

Gnva The Lord cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:
(The Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh/speaks proud things: )

Cvdl O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes, ad the tonge that speaketh proude thinges.
(O that the LORD would root out all disceatfull lips, ad the tongue that speaketh/speaks proud things.)

Wycl Hou long schal myn enemy be reisid on me?
(How long shall mine enemy be reisid on me?)

Luth Einer redet mit dem andern unnütze Dinge und heucheln und lehren aus uneinigem Herzen.
(Einer talks with to_him change unnütze things and heucheln and lehren out_of uneinigem hearts.)

ClVg usquequo exaltabitur inimicus meus super me?[fn]
(usquequo exaltabitur inimicus mine over me? )

12.3 Usquequo exaltabitur, etc. CASS. Dicit quia, ante adventum Christi, diabolus captivos tenebat homines. Vel super me, id est, meam crudelitatem, quia toto orbe colitur, et quia sic orbis interit, plorat.

12.3 Usquequo exaltabitur, etc. CASS. Dicit quia, before adventum of_Christ, diabolus captivos tenebat homines. Vel super me, id it_is, meam crudelitatem, because toto orbe colitur, and because so orbis interit, plorat.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

cut off all flattering lips

(Some words not found in UHB: lies speak (a)_man DOM his/its=neighbour language_of flattering in/on/at/with,heart and,heart speak )

Here “flattering lips” is a metonym for people who flatter others. This could mean: (1) “cut off” is a metaphor for killing. Alternate translation: “kill all who flatter others” or (2) “cut off” is a metaphor for stopping something. Alternate translation: “stop all those who flatter others” (See also: figs-metonymy)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

every tongue declaring great things

(Some words not found in UHB: lies speak (a)_man DOM his/its=neighbour language_of flattering in/on/at/with,heart and,heart speak )

Here “every tongue” represents every person who declares great things. Alternate translation: “every person who boasts”

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