Psalms 78:36

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.
Isa 29:13 : 13 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them];
Isa 57:11 : 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and thou fearest me not?
Deut 5:28-29 : 28 And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. 29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Ps 18:44 : 44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Ps 106:12-13 : 12 Then believed they his words; They sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
Hos 11:12 : 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 78:37
80%
37For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Ps 5:9
77%
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Ps 12:2-3
2 verses
77%
2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
Prov 26:28
73%
28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Ps 62:4
72%
4They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {H5542}
Jer 9:5-6
2 verses
72%
5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
Hos 7:3
72%
3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Ps 36:2-3
2 verses
72%
2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
Ps 59:12
72%
12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Ps 144:8
72%
8Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Ps 78:30
72%
30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,
Ps 78:56-57
2 verses
71%
56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;
57But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Jer 9:3
71%
3And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
Ps 109:2
71%
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
Rom 3:13
70%
13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
Ps 50:19
70%
19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.
Prov 12:22
70%
22Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
Ps 78:35
70%
35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
Ps 73:8-9
2 verses
70%
8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Jer 9:8
69%
8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
Ps 52:3-4
2 verses
69%
3Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {H5542}
4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Ps 140:3
69%
3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Ps 120:2-3
2 verses
69%
2Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.
3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
Ps 10:7
69%
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Prov 26:24
69%
24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:
Mic 6:12
69%
12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Ps 78:17-18
2 verses
68%
17Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
Isa 57:4
68%
4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Ps 78:32
68%
32For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.
Prov 29:5
68%
5A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.
Ps 78:10
68%
10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
Prov 12:19
68%
19The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Job 20:12
68%
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
Ps 106:33
68%
33Because they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Ps 106:24
67%
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
Isa 59:13
67%
13transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Ps 78:40
67%
40How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
Jer 7:8
67%
8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Ps 35:20
67%
20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
Job 17:5
67%
5He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Ps 63:11
67%
11But the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Ps 31:18
67%
18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.