9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.


In Context

6 Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment.

7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

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

10 Therefore his people return here: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

11 And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Psalm 73:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

73:9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

73:9Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

73:9They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

73:9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

73:9They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

73:9They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

73:9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

73:9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

73:9They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.