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


In Context

6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity ; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.

8 They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.

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

10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.

11 They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"

Psalms 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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