4Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'


In Context

1 To the Overseer, on the octave. — A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

3 Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

4 Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'

5 Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

6 Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

Psalm 12:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:4that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips -who is our master?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:4Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:4Who have said, with our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4who have said, |With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?