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

1Lord, please help me! All the good people have gone away! No kind or faithful people remain. 2Everybody tells lies to one another. When they say nice things, they do it to deceive their friends. Lord, please shut their mouths! When they deceive people or they boast, stop them doing that! 4They say: ‘Nobody can tell us what to do! We will say what we like to get what we want!’ 5But the Lord says: ‘Now I will do something! I know the cruel things that wicked people do to poor people. When weak people cry with pain, I hear them. So I will make them safe, as they want me to do for them.’

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 32:22I am too honest to do that. If I am not fair, God, my Maker, would quickly remove me.’
• Psalms 17:10They refuse to be kind to anyone. They speak proud words.
• Psalms 73:8They laugh at people and they say bad things about them. They proudly speak about cruel things that they want to do to people.
• Exodus 15:9The enemy said, “We will go after them. We will catch them. We will destroy them with our swords. We will do whatever we want to them. We will take all their valuable things for ourselves.”
• 1 Samuel 2:3Do not boast or speak proud words! The Lord is a God who knows everything. He judges everything that people do.
• 1 Samuel 17:43He said to David, ‘Do you think that I am just a dog? Can you knock me down with a little stick?’ Then he prayed to his gods that they would curse David.
• 2 Kings 19:23You have sent your servants to insult the Lord God. You have said, ‘I have taken all my chariots and I have gone up high mountains, the highest mountains in Lebanon. I have cut down its tall cedar trees, and I have cut down its best pine trees. I went up to its highest places, and I went far into its forests.
• Isaiah 10:10The idols of those cities were greater than those in Jerusalem or Samaria. But we won against them all!
• Ezekiel 28:2‘Son of man, say this to the ruler of Tyre. “This is what the Almighty Lord says: You are a very proud man. You say, ‘I am a god and Tyre is my throne. I rule over all the seas around me.’ But, whatever you think, you are only a man. You are not a god.
• Ezekiel 29:3Tell them, “The Almighty Lord says this: Listen, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, I have become your enemy. You are like the great monster that lies in Egypt's streams. You say, ‘The Nile river belongs to me! I made it for myself.’
• Daniel 4:30The king said, ‘Look how great Babylon is! It is the city that I have built to be my home as king. It shows that I am a great and powerful king!’
• Daniel 7:8I was thinking about the horns and what they might mean. Then I saw another little horn that came up among the other ten horns. It pulled out three of those other horns to make room for itself. This little horn had eyes that looked like a man's eyes. It had a mouth that spoke proud words.
• Malachi 3:13The Lord says, ‘You have spoken bad words against me. But you ask, “What have we said against you?”
• 2 Peter 2:18The messages that these teachers speak seem very important. But their words really mean nothing. In that way, they lead people away from God. Some people have not been believers for very long. They have only just become free from the wrong things that people do. But the false teachers tell these people to do bad things that will make them happy.
• Jude 1:16Those people are always complaining. They like to accuse other people. They do any bad things that will make themselves happy. They speak great things about themselves, to show how important they are. They praise other people only so that they can get something good for themselves.
• Revelation 13:5The wild animal received authority to rule people for 42 months. It could speak proud words and insult God.

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