Parallel Verses
Amplified
For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
Let them even be trapped in their pride,
And on account of the curses and lies which they tell.
New American Standard Bible
Let them even be
And on account of
King James Version
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Holman Bible
let them be caught in their pride.
They utter curses and lies.
International Standard Version
The sin of their mouth is the word on their lips. They will be caught in their own conceit; for they speak curses and lies.
A Conservative Version
[for] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips. Let them even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which they speak.
American Standard Version
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Bible in Basic English
Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,
Darby Translation
Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.
Julia Smith Translation
The sin of their mouth the word of their lips, and they shall be taken in their pride: and from cursing and from falsehood they will recount.
King James 2000
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for the cursing and lying which they speak.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[By] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips, even in their pride, let them be trapped, and for [the] curses and lies they proclaim.
Modern King James verseion
For the sin of their mouth is the word of their lips, even let them be taken in their pride; and for cursing and the lying which they speak.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the sin of their mouth, for the words of their lips, and because of their pride, let them be taken. And why? Their preaching is of cursing and lies.
NET Bible
They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!
New Heart English Bible
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
The Emphasized Bible
The sin of their mouth, The word of their lips, Let them then be captured in their pride, Both for the oath and for the deception they record.
Webster
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
World English Bible
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
Youngs Literal Translation
The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
11
Do not kill them, or my people will forget;
Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord our shield!
For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
Let them even be trapped in their pride,
And on account of the curses and lies which they tell.
Destroy them in wrath, destroy them so that they may be no more;
Let them know that God rules over Jacob (Israel)
To the ends of the earth. Selah.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is [dangerously] ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.
Psalm 10:2
In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].
Psalm 64:7-8
But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
Psalm 79:12
And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold
The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord.
Psalm 109:17-18
He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him;
He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
Psalm 120:3-4
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
You deceitful tongue?—
Psalm 140:9-10
“Those who surround me raise their heads;
May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.
Proverbs 6:2
If you have been snared with the words of your lips,
If you have been trapped by the speech of your mouth,
Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Hosea 4:2
There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery;
They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.
Zephaniah 3:11
“On that day you [Israel] will feel no shame
Because of all your acts
By which you have rebelled and sinned against Me;
Then I will remove from among you
Your rejoicing ones who delight in their pride;
And you will never again behave arrogantly
On My holy mountain [Mount Zion].
Matthew 12:36-37
Matthew 27:25
And all the people answered, “Let [the responsibility for] His blood be on us and on our children!”
Matthew 27:63
and said, “Sir, we have remembered that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise [from the dead].’
Luke 23:5
But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people [to rebel], teaching throughout Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as here [in Jerusalem].”