whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
Parallel translations
- WEB whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- KJV Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- NKJV Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- NASB Whose mouth speaks deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- NLT Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.
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Quick answer
David's enemies speak deceit and swear falsely with their right hand. It exposes the lying treachery of those who oppose him.
Overview
David characterizes his foes by their deceit and false oaths, a 'right hand of falsehood' marking broken faith. Such dishonesty contrasts with God's faithfulness. Deliverance from deceivers anticipates the kingdom of Christ, in whose mouth no deceit was found and who establishes truth (1 Peter 2:22; Revelation 21:8).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- Ps 62:4They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Ps 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
- Isa 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Matt 5:30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
- Ps 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Rev 13:16–17And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
- Deut 32:40For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
- Ps 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Isa 59:5–7They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
- Gen 14:22But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Ps 106:26So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
- Ps 109:2–3For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
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