Parallel Verses

King James Version

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

New American Standard Bible

They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly;
All who do wickedness vaunt themselves.

Holman Bible

They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.

International Standard Version

When they speak, they spew arrogance. Everyone who practices iniquity brags about it.

A Conservative Version

They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

American Standard Version

They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

Amplified


They pour out words, speaking arrogant things;
All who do evil boast proudly.

Bible in Basic English

Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

Darby Translation

How long shall they utter and speak insolence all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

Julia Smith Translation

They will utter, they will speak impudently; all they working iniquity will boast themselves.

King James 2000

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

Lexham Expanded Bible

{They gush words} unrestrained. All [the] evildoers boast.

Modern King James verseion

They gush; they speak impudent things; all the workers of iniquity speak proudly.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully, and make such proud boasting?

NET Bible

They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

New Heart English Bible

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

The Emphasized Bible

They pour forth words , they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:

Webster

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

World English Bible

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

Youngs Literal Translation

They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נבע 
Naba` 
Usage: 11

and speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

עתק 
`athaq 
Usage: 4

and all the workers
פּעל 
Pa`al 
Usage: 57

Context Readings

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? 5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.


Cross References

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Psalm 52:1

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Exodus 15:9-10

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Job 21:14-15

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Psalm 10:2-7

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Psalm 59:12

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.

Psalm 64:3-4

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Psalm 73:8-9

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Isaiah 10:13-15

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

Isaiah 37:24-25

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Daniel 7:8

I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

Daniel 7:11

I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

Daniel 7:25

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

Daniel 8:11

Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.

Daniel 11:36-37

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Jude 1:14-15

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

Revelation 13:5-6

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

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