Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts. New Living Translation Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts. English Standard Version Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. Berean Standard Bible They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. King James Bible They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. New King James Version They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak. New American Standard Bible They speak lies to one another; They speak with flattering lips and a double heart. NASB 1995 They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak. NASB 1977 They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak. Legacy Standard Bible They speak worthlessness to one another; With a flattering lip and with a double heart they speak. Amplified Bible They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak. Christian Standard Bible They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts. Holman Christian Standard Bible They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts. American Standard Version They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The children of men speak emptiness, and a man with his neighbor with duplicitous lips; they speak with a double heart. Brenton Septuagint Translation Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart. Contemporary English Version Everyone tells lies, and no one is sincere. Douay-Rheims Bible They have spoken vain things every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken. English Revised Version They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. GOD'S WORD® Translation All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another. Good News Translation All of them lie to one another; they deceive each other with flattery. International Standard Version Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. JPS Tanakh 1917 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. Literal Standard Version They each speak vanity with his neighbor, | Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. Majority Standard Bible They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. New American Bible They tell lies to one another, speak with deceiving lips and a double heart. NET Bible People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive. New Revised Standard Version They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. New Heart English Bible Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. Webster's Bible Translation They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. World English Bible Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. Young's Literal Translation Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Godly are No More1For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. 2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.… Cross References Romans 16:18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 1 Chronicles 12:33 From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David. Psalm 4:2 How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. Psalm 28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts. Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. Psalm 41:6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. Treasury of Scripture They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. They Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. Psalm 36:3,4 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good… Psalm 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. flattering Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Psalm 28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. Psalm 62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. a double heart. 1 Chronicles 12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Jump to Previous Deceit Deception Double False. Falsehood Flattering Flattery Full Heart Hearts Lies Neighbor Neighbour Smooth Speak Talk Tongues Utters Vanity WordsJump to Next Deceit Deception Double False. Falsehood Flattering Flattery Full Heart Hearts Lies Neighbor Neighbour Smooth Speak Talk Tongues Utters Vanity WordsPsalm 12 1. David, destitute of human comfort, craves help of God3. He comforts himself with God's promises, and his judgments on the wicked (2) Vanity.--So in Psalm 41:6 and Job 35:13. Literally, evil. "Falsehood" would be better. This verse may have been in St Paul's mind (Ephesians 4:25). Flattering lips.--Literally, lips of smoothness, (Comp. Note, Psalm 5:9.) With a double heart.--Literally, with a heart and a heart. (Comp. 1Chronicles 12:33.) "One for the Church, another for the Change; one for Sundays, another for working-days; one for the king, another for the Pope. A man without a heart is a wonder, but a man with two hearts is a monster."--Thos. Adams, A.D. 1614. . . . Verse 2. - They speak vanity every one with his neighbour; rather, they speak falsehood (Kay, Cheyne). Contrast the injunction of the apostle (Ephesians 4:25). With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak; literally, with lips of smoothness, and with a heart and a heart do they speak. The Authorized Version gives the true meaning (comp. 1 Chronicles 12:33).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They lieשָׁ֤וְא ׀ (šāw) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness to אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among one אִ֤ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person another; רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow they speak יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ (yə·ḏab·bê·rū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue with flattering חֲלָק֑וֹת (ḥă·lā·qō·wṯ) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2513: Smoothness, flattery, an allotment lips שְׂפַ֥ת (śə·p̄aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin and a double בְּלֵ֖ב (bə·lêḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre heart. וָלֵ֣ב (wā·lêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre Links Psalm 12:2 NIVPsalm 12:2 NLT Psalm 12:2 ESV Psalm 12:2 NASB Psalm 12:2 KJV Psalm 12:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 12:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 12:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 12:2 French Bible Psalm 12:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 12:2 Everyone lies to his neighbor (Psalm Ps Psa.) |