Psalm 139:20 {138:20}
Cross References

Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.

Jude 1:15
To execute judgment upon all and to reprove all the ungodly for all the works of their ungodliness, whereby they have done ungodly: and for all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against God.

Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.

Deuteronomy 5:11
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for he shall not be unpunished that taketh his name upon a vain thing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.

for they speak

Psalm 73:8,9 They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high. . . .

Psalm 74:18,22,23 Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name. . . .

Job 21:14,15 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. . . .

Isaiah 37:23,28,29 Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel. . . .

Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all and to reprove all the ungodly for all the works of their ungodliness, whereby they have done ungodly: and for all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against God.

Revelation 13:6 And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven.

thine

Psalm 2:1-3 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? . . .

Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.

Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
19If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me: 20Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.21Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pined away because of thy enemies?…
Lexicon
who
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

invoke You
יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ (yō·mə·ru·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

with deceit;
לִמְזִמָּ֑ה (lim·zim·māh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4209: A plan, evil, sometimes good

Your enemies
עָרֶֽיךָ׃ (‘ā·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6145: Perhaps adversary

take
נָשֻׂ֖א (nā·śu)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

[Your name] in vain.
לַשָּׁ֣וְא (laš·šāw)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness


Additional Translations
who invoke You with deceit; Your enemies take Your name in vain.For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

For thou wilt say concerning their thought, that they shall take thy cities in vain.

For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain.

For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity are Thine enemies.
Jump to Previous
Adversaries Defy Designs Enemies Evil Exchange Falsehood Haters Intent Lift Maliciously Misuse Speak Sport Themselves Thought Utter Vain Vanity Wicked Wickedly Wickedness
Jump to Next
Adversaries Defy Designs Enemies Evil Exchange Falsehood Haters Intent Lift Maliciously Misuse Speak Sport Themselves Thought Utter Vain Vanity Wicked Wickedly Wickedness
Links
Psalm 139:20 NIV
Psalm 139:20 NLT
Psalm 139:20 ESV
Psalm 139:20 NASB
Psalm 139:20 KJV

Psalm 139:20 Bible Apps
Psalm 139:20 Biblia Paralela
Psalm 139:20 Chinese Bible
Psalm 139:20 French Bible
Psalm 139:20 German Bible

Alphabetical: adversaries against And enemies evil For in intent misuse name of speak take They vain wickedly with you your

OT Poetry: Psalm 139:20 For they speak against you wickedly (Psalm Ps Psa.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Psalm 139:19
Top of Page
Top of Page