Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue? New Living Translation O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment? English Standard Version What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? Berean Standard Bible What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? King James Bible What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? New King James Version What shall be given to you, Or what shall be done to you, You false tongue? New American Standard Bible What will He give to you, and what more will He do to you, You deceitful tongue? NASB 1995 What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, You deceitful tongue? NASB 1977 What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, You deceitful tongue? Legacy Standard Bible What shall He give to you, and what shall He add to you, O deceitful tongue? Amplified Bible What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, You deceitful tongue?— Christian Standard Bible What will he give you, and what will he do to you, you deceitful tongue? Holman Christian Standard Bible What will He give you, and what will He do to you, you deceitful tongue? American Standard Version What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue? Aramaic Bible in Plain English What will we give to you and what will we add to you, deceitful tongue? Brenton Septuagint Translation What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee, for thy crafty tongue? Contemporary English Version What punishment is fitting for you deceitful liars? Douay-Rheims Bible What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue. English Revised Version What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue? GOD'S WORD® Translation You deceitful tongue, what can the LORD give you? What more can he do for you? Good News Translation You liars, what will God do to you? How will he punish you? International Standard Version What will be given to you, and what will be done to you, you treacherous tongue? JPS Tanakh 1917 What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue? Literal Standard Version What does He give to you? And what does He add to you? O deceitful tongue! Majority Standard Bible What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? New American Bible What will he inflict on you, O treacherous tongue, and what more besides? NET Bible How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker? New Revised Standard Version What shall be given to you? And what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? New Heart English Bible What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you 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! Additional Translations ... Context In My Distress I Cried to the LORD…2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. 3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? 4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!… Cross References James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. Psalm 52:4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble." Treasury of Scripture What shall be given to you? or what shall be done to you, you false tongue? what shall, etc. Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Romans 6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. done. Jump to Previous Add Added Besides Deceitful Punishment TongueJump to Next Add Added Besides Deceitful Punishment TonguePsalm 120 1. David prays against Doeg3. Reproves his tongue 5. Complains of his necessary conversation with the wicked (3) What shall . . .?--Literally, What will he give to thee, and what will he add to thee, deceitful tongue? where it is better, as in the Authorised Version, to take the subject as indefinite, and so render by the passive. Thus we get in substance the following question: "What more can be added to thee (i.e., in the way of epithet), besides lying and false, thou deceitful tongue?" the answer is given by suggesting the usual metaphors of malicious speech, "the warrior's sharpened arrows" (Jeremiah 9:8; Psalm 57:4); "fire" (James 3:6). Only here both images are elaborated. For the Hebrew word give with the sense of comparison, see 1Samuel 1:16, "Count (Heb., give) not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial." Gesenius compares the use of the Greek ???????, instead of ????????. So, too, the word "add" has a similar sense (1Kings 10:7; see margin).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. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whatמַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what will He do to you, יִּתֵּ֣ן (yit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set and what וּמַה־ (ū·mah-) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what will be added יֹּסִ֥יף (yō·sîp̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment to you, לָ֗ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew O deceitful רְמִיָּֽה׃ (rə·mî·yāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7423: Remissness, treachery tongue? לָשׁ֥וֹן (lā·šō·wn) Noun - common singular Strong's 3956: The tongue Links Psalm 120:3 NIVPsalm 120:3 NLT Psalm 120:3 ESV Psalm 120:3 NASB Psalm 120:3 KJV Psalm 120:3 BibleApps.com Psalm 120:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 120:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 120:3 French Bible Psalm 120:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 120:3 What will be given to you (Psalm Ps Psa.) |