Psalm 73:9 “They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut acr…”

Psalm 73:9

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

World English Bible

They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

American Standard Version

They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599

They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Darby Translation

They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

Bible in Basic English

Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

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Cross references

“set”

Revelation 13:6 Exodus 5:2 2 Chronicles 32:15 Daniel 3:15 Daniel 7:25 Job 21:14

Revelation 13:6 · BSB

And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.

Exodus 5:2 · BSB

But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

2 Chronicles 32:15 · BSB

So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers.…

Daniel 3:15 · BSB

Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be th…

Daniel 7:25 · BSB

He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

Job 21:14 · BSB

Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

“tongue”

James 3:6 Luke 18:4 Psalm 52:4

James 3:6 · BSB

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.

Luke 18:4 · BSB

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

Psalm 52:4 · BSB

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

10So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.

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