Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. New Living Translation They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name. English Standard Version They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain. Berean Standard Bible who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain. King James Bible For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. New King James Version For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain. New American Standard Bible For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain. NASB 1995 For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain. NASB 1977 For they speak against Thee wickedly, And Thine enemies take Thy name in vain. Legacy Standard Bible For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain. Amplified Bible For they speak against You wickedly, Your enemies take Your name in vain. Christian Standard Bible who invoke you deceitfully. Your enemies swear by you falsely. Holman Christian Standard Bible who invoke You deceitfully. Your enemies swear by You falsely. American Standard Version For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because they have spoken against you and they have taken your city without a cause! Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou wilt say concerning their thought, that they shall take thy cities in vain. Contemporary English Version They are always rebelling and speaking evil of you. Douay-Rheims Bible Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain. English Revised Version For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. GOD'S WORD® Translation They say wicked things about you. Your enemies misuse your name. Good News Translation They say wicked things about you; they speak evil things against your name. International Standard Version who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain. JPS Tanakh 1917 Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, They take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies-- Literal Standard Version Who exchange You for wickedness, | Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity. Majority Standard Bible who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain. New American Bible Your foes who conspire a plot against you are exalted in vain. NET Bible They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie. New Revised Standard Version those who speak of you maliciously, and lift themselves up against you for evil! New Heart English Bible For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. Webster's Bible Translation For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain. World English Bible For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. Young's Literal Translation Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity are Thine enemies. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context You Have Searched Me and Known Me…19O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men— 20who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain. 21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?… Cross References Jude 1:15 to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners." Exodus 20:7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain. Deuteronomy 5:11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain. Treasury of Scripture For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain. for they speak Psalm 73:8,9 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily… Psalm 74:18,22,23 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name… Job 21:14,15 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways… thine Psalm 2:1-3 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? … 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 taketh his name in vain. Jump to Previous Adversaries Defy Designs Enemies Evil Exchange Falsehood Haters Intent Lift Maliciously Misuse Speak Sport Themselves Thought Utter Vain Vanity Wicked Wickedly WickednessJump to Next Adversaries Defy Designs Enemies Evil Exchange Falsehood Haters Intent Lift Maliciously Misuse Speak Sport Themselves Thought Utter Vain Vanity Wicked Wickedly WickednessPsalm 139 1. David praises God for his all-seeing providence17. And for this infinite mercies 19. He defies the wicked 23. He prays for sincerity (20) For they speak.--Better, Who rebel against thee. This is actually the reading of the fifth of the Greek translations preserved by Origen, and entails only a change of the vowel pointing. And thine enemies.--The state of the text is unsatisfactory. The subject to the verb must be that of the last clause, and the rendering "enemies" of a word properly meaning cities is very doubtful, in spite of 1Samuel 28:16 (but Aquila has "rivals," and Symmachus" adversaries"), where there is also a textual correction required. Of the various proposed emendations, the simplest produces "And rise up against them in vain." Verse 20. - For they speak against thee wickedly; literally, who speak of thee for wickedness; i.e. use thy Name for the accomplishment of wicked ends. And thine enemies take thy Name in vain. The text must be altered to produce this meaning. As it stands, it can only be rendered, "Thine enemies lift up [their scull to vanity" (comp. Psalm 24:4).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 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 559: To utter, say with deceit; לִמְזִמָּ֑ה (lim·zim·māh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4209: A plan, evil, sometimes good Your enemies עָרֶֽיךָ׃ (‘ā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6145: Perhaps adversary take נָשֻׂ֖א (nā·śu) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take [Your name] in vain. לַשָּׁ֣וְא (laš·šāw) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness Links Psalm 139:20 NIVPsalm 139:20 NLT Psalm 139:20 ESV Psalm 139:20 NASB Psalm 139:20 KJV Psalm 139:20 BibleApps.com Psalm 139:20 Biblia Paralela Psalm 139:20 Chinese Bible Psalm 139:20 French Bible Psalm 139:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 139:20 For they speak against you wickedly (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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