Psalm 120:3
◄  Psalm 120:3  ►
New International Version (©2011)
What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?

New Living Translation (©2007)
O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?

English Standard Version (©2001)
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, You deceitful tongue?

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
What will He give you, and what will He do to you, you deceitful tongue?

International Standard Version (©2012)
What will be given to you, and what will be done to you, you treacherous tongue?

NET Bible (©2006)
How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
What will we give to you and what will we add to you, deceitful tongue?

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
You deceitful tongue, what can the LORD give you? What more can he do for you?

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
What shall be given unto you? or what shall be done unto you, you false tongue?

American King James Version
What shall be given to you? or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

American Standard Version
What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

Douay-Rheims Bible
What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

Darby Bible Translation
What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

English Revised Version
What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

Webster's Bible Translation
What shall be given to thee? or what shall be done to thee, thou false tongue?

World English Bible
What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

Young's Literal Translation
What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

120:1-4 The psalmist was brought into great distress by a deceitful tongue. May every good man be delivered from lying lips. They forged false charges against him. In this distress, he sought God by fervent prayer. God can bridle their tongues. He obtained a gracious answer to this prayer. Surely sinners durst not act as they do, if they knew, and would be persuaded to think, what will be in the end thereof. The terrors of the Lord are his arrows; and his wrath is compared to burning coals of juniper, which have a fierce heat, and keep fire very long. This is the portion of the false tongue; for all that love and make a lie, shall have their portion in the lake that burns eternally.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - What shall be given unto thee? rather, what shall he (i.e. God) give to thee? Or, in other words - What punishment will God inflict on thee for thy false speaking? Or what shall be done unto thee? literally, or what shall he add to thee? Compare the common phrase, "God do so unto me, and more also" (1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 14:44). Thou false tongue. The "false tongue" is apostrophized, as if it were a living person.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

What shall be given unto thee?.... Or, "what shall it give unto thee?" (s) That is, what shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee, O my soul? or to thee, to anyone that hears and reads this psalm? It is capable of giving thee a deal of trouble, of doing thee a deal of mischief; and of injuring thy character, and hurting thy peace and comfort, if permitted;

or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? or, "what shall the false tongue add unto thee?" (t) it shall increase thy sorrows and distress: or rather, what gain, profit, and advantage, shall the deceitful tongue get to itself by its lies and deceit? none at all; it may do harm to others, but gets no good to itself; see Isaiah 28:15; Or, "what shall he (God) give unto thee?" (u) or, "what shall he add unto thee, thou false tongue?" so Jarchi. What punishment will not he inflict upon thee, who hates lying lips? what plagues will not he add unto thee, who knows all the deceit that is in thee, and spoken by thee? The answer is as follows:

(s) "quid dabit tibi", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Gejerus; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. (t) "et quid addet tibi", Montanus, Castalio; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius. (u) "Quid inferat tibi (Deus) aut quem rem adhibeat tibi, O lingua dolosa?" Tigurine version.

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In My Distress, I Cried to the Lord
1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me. 2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3What shall be given to you? or what shall be done to you, you false tongue? …

James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Psalm 52:4 You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue!
Zephaniah 3:13 They will do no wrong; they will tell no lies. A deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouths. They will eat and lie down and no one will make them afraid."