Psalms 12:3

Psalms 12:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
• New International Version (NIV)May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
• English Standard Version (ESV)May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
• New King James Version (NKJV)May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,

Context of Psalms 12:3

1Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains; the loyal have disappeared from the human race. 2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts. May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully. 4They say, “Through our tongues we have power; our lips are our own — who can be our master?” 5“Because of the devastation of the needy and the groaning of the poor, I will now rise up,” says the Lord. “I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”

Psalms 12:3 word by word

יַכְרֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲלָק֑וֹת לָ֝שׁ֗וֹן מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• all flatteringחֶלְקָהchelqâh · portionH2513
• lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• the tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• that speakethדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• proudגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419

Cross-references for Psalms 12:3

• Job 32:22For I do not know how to give such titles; otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.
• Psalms 17:10They are uncaring; their mouths speak arrogantly.
• Psalms 73:8They mock, and they speak maliciously; they arrogantly threaten oppression.
• Exodus 15:9The enemy said: “I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire will be gratified at their expense. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.”
• 1 Samuel 2:3Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogant words come out of your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and actions are weighed by him.
• 1 Samuel 17:43He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods.
• 2 Kings 19:23You have mocked the Lord through your messengers. You have said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, its choice cypress trees. I came to its farthest outpost, its densest forest.
• Isaiah 10:10As my hand seized the kingdoms of worthless images, kingdoms whose idols exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.” Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, “My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.”
• Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory?”
• Daniel 7:8“While I was considering the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. And suddenly in this horn there were eyes like the eyes of a human and a mouth that was speaking arrogantly.
• Malachi 3:13“Your words against me are harsh,” says the Lord. Yet you ask, “What have we spoken against you?”
• 2 Peter 2:18For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
• Jude 1:16These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.
• Revelation 13:5The beast was given a mouth to utter boasts and blasphemies. It was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.

Commentaries on Psalms 12:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Proud things - גדלות gedoloth, great things; great swelling words, both in their promises and in their commendations.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The Lord shall cut off - This might be rendered, “May the Lord cut off,” implying a wish on the part of the psalmist that it might occur. But probably the common rendering is the correct one. It is the statement of a solemn truth, designed for warning, that all such persons would be punished. All flattering lips - The meaning is, that he will cut off all “persons” who use flattery; that is, he will cut them off from the favors which he will show to his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Evil becomes so widespread that the godly pray for rescue (Isaiah 57:1; Micah 7:2; compare Psalms 1:6; 37:20; 58:7; 104:35).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. Boasting (Da 7:25) is, like flattery, a species of lying. lips, and ... tongue--for persons.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 12:3

• Falsehood
• Flattery
• Infidelity
• Speaking

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Commentaries on Psalms 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings