Psalm 101:5
New International Version
Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.

New Living Translation
I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride.

English Standard Version
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

Berean Standard Bible
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

King James Bible
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

New King James Version
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.

New American Standard Bible
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; I will not endure one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart.

NASB 1995
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

NASB 1977
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

Legacy Standard Bible
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure.

Amplified Bible
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence; The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.

Christian Standard Bible
I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor; I cannot tolerate anyone with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor; I cannot tolerate anyone with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

American Standard Version
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have destroyed him who secretly slanders his neighbor; I have not eaten with him whose eyes are lofty and is enlarged in his heart.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from me: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, - with him I have not eaten.

Contemporary English Version
Anyone who spreads gossip will be silenced; no one who is conceited will be my friend.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.

English Revised Version
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.

Good News Translation
I will get rid of anyone who whispers evil things about someone else; I will not tolerate anyone who is proud and arrogant.

International Standard Version
I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend. I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Whoso slandereth his neighbour in secret, him will I destroy; Whoso is haughty of eye and proud of heart, him will I not suffer.

Literal Standard Version
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, | Him I cut off, | The high of eyes and proud of heart, | Him I do not endure.

Majority Standard Bible
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

New American Bible
Whoever slanders a neighbor in secret I will reduce to silence. Haughty eyes and arrogant hearts I cannot endure.

NET Bible
I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

New Revised Standard Version
One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.

New Heart English Bible
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.

World English Bible
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
I will Set No Worthless Thing Before My Eyes
4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil. 5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure. 6My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.…

Cross References
Exodus 23:1
"You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Psalm 18:27
For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

Psalm 50:20
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

Psalm 131:1
My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great matters or things too lofty for me.

Psalm 138:6
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,


Treasury of Scripture

Whoever privately slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that has an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

whoso

Psalm 15:3
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

Psalm 50:20
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Exodus 29:16
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

an high

Psalm 10:2-4
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined…

Psalm 18:27
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

Psalm 138:6
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

1 Peter 5:5,6
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble…

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Psalm 101
1. David makes a vow and profession of godliness.














(5) Whoso . . .--The "informer" and the "haughty favourite" are no unknown characters in an Oriental court.

Proud heart.--Literally, broad, that is, extended with pride. (Comp. Proverbs 21:4.) But LXX. and Vulg., "insatiable."

Will not I suffer.--In Hebrew a simple and expressive "I cannot," to which we can supply "bear," from Jeremiah 44:22. (Comp. Isaiah 1:13 : "I cannot away with.")

Verse 5. - Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I out off. (On the heinousness of slander, see Psalm 15:3; Psalm 31:13; Psalm 50:20, etc.) It is probably not meant that the slanderer will be put to death, but only that he will be banished, at any rate from the court, and, so far as possible, put down. Him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. "Lofty looks" and a "proud heart" are again conjoined in Proverbs 21:4, Solomon showing that he paid attention to his father's lessons. David himself disclaims both in Psalm 131:1.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Whoever slanders
מְלָשְׁנִ֬י (mə·lā·šə·nî)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3960: To wag the tongue, to calumniate

his neighbor
רֵעֵהוּ֮ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

in secret,
בַסֵּ֨תֶר ׀ (ḇas·sê·ṯer)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5643: A covering, hiding place, secrecy

I will put to silence;
אַ֫צְמִ֥ית (’aṣ·mîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6789: To put an end to, exterminate

the one with haughty
גְּֽבַהּ־ (gə·ḇah-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1362: High, proud

eyes
עֵ֭ינַיִם (‘ê·na·yim)
Noun - cd
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

and a proud
וּרְחַ֣ב (ū·rə·ḥaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7342: Wide, broad

heart,
לֵבָ֑ב (lê·ḇāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

I will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

endure.
אוּכָֽל׃ (’ū·ḵāl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power


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