Psalm 12:3
Modern Translations
New International Version
May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue--

New Living Translation
May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.

English Standard Version
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

Berean Study Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

New American Standard Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;

NASB 1995
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;

NASB 1977
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;

Amplified Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];

Christian Standard Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully.

Contemporary English Version
Won't you chop off all flattering tongues that brag so loudly?

Good News Translation
Silence those flattering tongues, O LORD! Close those boastful mouths that say,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
May the LORD cut off every flattering lip and every bragging tongue

International Standard Version
The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,

NET Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

New King James Version
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,

King James 2000 Bible
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:

New Heart English Bible
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

World English Bible
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

American King James Version
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:

American Standard Version
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

A Faithful Version
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things,

Darby Bible Translation
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

English Revised Version
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh great things:

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes, ad the tonge that speaketh proude thinges.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
YHWH cuts off all lips of flattery, "" A tongue speaking great things,

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

Smith's Literal Translation
Jehovah will cut off all smooth lips, and the tongue speaking great things:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.

Catholic Public Domain Version
May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
LORD JEHOVAH will destroy all duplicitous lips and tongues that speak proud things.

Lamsa Bible
The LORD shall destroy all flattering lips and tongues that speak proud things.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh proud things!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
















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