For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Parallel translations
- WEB for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
- BSB For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- ESV For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
- NKJV For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- NASB For they have opened a wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- NLT while the wicked slander me and tell lies about me.
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Quick answer
Wicked and deceitful mouths have opened against David, speaking with lying tongues.
Overview
David describes the slander and falsehood with which his enemies assail him. The assault is verbal, marked by deceit and lies aimed at his ruin. This unjust accusation foreshadows the false testimony brought against Christ, who likewise endured lying tongues yet entrusted himself to God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
- Ps 120:2–3Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
- Prov 6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
- Jer 9:5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
- Acts 6:13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- Ps 31:13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- 2 Sam 17:1Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
- Ps 31:18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- Prov 12:19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- Matt 26:59–62Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
- 2 Sam 15:3–8And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
- Prov 15:28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
- Ps 64:3–4Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Jer 9:3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
- Ps 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
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