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


In Context

6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

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

10 Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

11 They say, |How does God know? 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 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.