Psalms 120 · Verse 3

Psalms 120:3

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
Psalms 120:3, King James Version

Psalms 120:3 in other translations

BSBWhat will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
WEBWhat will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
ASVWhat shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
YLTWhat doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
DARBYWhat shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
BBEWhat punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
WebsterWhat shall be given to thee? or what shall be done to thee, thou false tongue?

What does Psalms 120:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 120:2-3

Psa 120:1-7. This is the first of fifteen Psalms (Psalms 120-134) entitled "A Song of Degrees" (Psa 121:1--literally, "A song for the degrees"), or ascents. It seems most probable they were designed for the use of the people when going up (compare 1Ki 12:27, 28) to Jerusalem on the festival occasions (De 16:16), three times a year. David appears as the author of four, Solomon of one (Psa 127:1), and the other ten…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 What shall be given unto thee? - Thou art worthy of the heaviest punishments.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 120:1-4

The psalmist was brought into great distress by a deceitful tongue. May every good man be delivered from lying lips. They forged false charges against him. In this distress, he sought God by fervent prayer. God can bridle their tongues. He obtained a gracious answer to this prayer. Surely sinners durst not act as they do, if they knew, and would be persuaded to think, what will be in the end thereof. The terrors of…

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Psalms 120:3 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.

מַה\־mah-what?H4100
יִּתֵּ֣ןyi.Tenwill anyone giveH5414
לְ֭ךָLe.khato you
וּמַה\־u.mah-and what?H4100
יֹּסִ֥יףyo.Sifwill anyone addH3254
לָ֗ךְLakhto you
לָשׁ֥וֹןla.ShonO tongueH3956
רְמִיָּֽה\׃re.mi.YahdeceitH7423

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 120:3

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What shall, etc. or, What shall the deceitful tongue giveunto thee? or, What shall it profit thee?
Job 27:8; Mt 16:26; Ro 6:21
done. Heb. added.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 120:2

    Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

  • Psalms 120:3

    What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

  • Psalms 120:4

    Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Read all of Psalms 120

Psalms 120:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Qué te dará, ó qué te aprovechará, oh lengua engañosa?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que te donnera-t-on, et que t’ajoutera-t-on, langue trompeuse? –
German
Elberfelder 1871		Was soll man dir geben und was dir hinzufügen, du Zunge des Truges?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non det in commotionem pedem tuum, neque dormitet qui custodit te.