Psalms 12 · Verse 3

Psalms 12:3

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Psalms 12:3, King James Version

Psalms 12:3 in other translations

BSBMay the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
WEBMay the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
ASVJehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
YLTJehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
DARBYJehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
BBEThe smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
WebsterThe LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

What does Psalms 12:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 12:3-4
3-4. Boasting (Da 7:25) is, like flattery, a species of lying. lips, and ... tongue--for persons.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Proud things - גדלות gedoloth, great things; great swelling words, both in their promises and in their commendations.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 12:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יַכְרֵ֣תyakh.Retmay he cut offH3772
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
שִׂפְתֵ֣יsif.Tei[the] lips ofH8193
חֲלָק֑וֹתcha.la.Kotflatteri<es>H2513
לָ֝שׁ֗וֹןla.Shona tongueH3956
מְדַבֶּ֥רֶתme.da.Be.ret[which] speaksH1696
גְּדֹלֽוֹת\׃ge.do.Lotgreat [things]H1419

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Cross references for Psalms 12:3

  • Proverbs 18:21

    Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  • Revelation 13:5

    And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

  • Daniel 7:8

    I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

  • Psalms 17:10

    They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

  • Daniel 4:30-31

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

  • 2 Peter 2:18

    For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

  • Malachi 3:13

    Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

  • Exodus 15:9

    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

  • Daniel 7:25

    And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

  • Ezekiel 28:2

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

  • Psalms 73:8-9

    They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Ezekiel 29:3

    Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cut.
Job 32:22
tongue.
17:10; 73:8,9; Ex 15:9; 1Sa 2:3; 17:43,44; 2Ki 19:23,24; Isa 10:10
Eze 28:2,9; 29:3; Da 4:30,31; 7:8,25; Mal 3:13; 2Pe 2:18; Jude 1:16
Re 13:5
proud. Heb. great.
Pr 18:21

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Context

  • Psalms 12:2

    They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

  • Psalms 12:3

    The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

  • Psalms 12:4

    Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

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Psalms 12:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Destruirá Jehová todos los labios lisonjeros, la lengua que habla grandezas;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils parlent la fausseté l’un à l’autre; leur lèvre est flatteuse, ils parlent d’un cœur double.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova wird ausrotten alle schmeichelnden Lippen, die Zunge, die große Dinge redet,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
usquequo exaltabitur inimicus meus super me?