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


In Context

6 Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

7 Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

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

10 Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

11 And they have said, 'How hath God known? 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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