Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and their tongues strut across the earth.
New American Standard Bible
And their tongue
King James Version
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
International Standard Version
They choose to speak against heaven; while they talk about things on earth.
A Conservative Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
American Standard Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Amplified
They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue swaggers through the earth.
Bible in Basic English
Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.
Darby Translation
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue will go in the earth.
King James 2000
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue roams the earth.
Modern King James verseion
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world.
NET Bible
They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
New Heart English Bible
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.
Webster
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
World English Bible
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
8
they arrogantly threaten oppression.
and their tongues strut across the earth.
and drink in their overflowing words.
Cross References
Revelation 13:6
He began to speak
Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh responded, “Who is Yahweh that I should obey Him by letting Israel go? I do not know anything about Yahweh, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”
2 Chronicles 32:15
So now,
Job 21:14
We don’t want to know Your ways.
Psalm 52:4
you treacherous tongue!
Daniel 3:15
Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire—and who is the god who can rescue you from my power?”
Daniel 7:25
He will speak words against the Most High
Luke 18:4
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body,