Psalms 12:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁ֤וְא ׀ יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ אִ֤ישׁ אֶת־רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ שְׂפַ֥ת חֲלָק֑וֹת בְּלֵ֖ב וָלֵ֣ב יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

šāwʾ yədabbərû ʾîš with rēʿēhû śəp̄aṯ ḥălāqôṯ with lēḇ and lēḇ yədabbērû

Grammar Details

• *šāwʾ*: masculine singular noun - falseness/emptiness/vanity
• *yədabbərû*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they speak
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/each
• *rēʿēhû*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person suffix - his neighbor
• *śəp̄aṯ*: feminine singular construct - lip of/speech of
• *ḥălāqôṯ*: feminine plural noun - smoothness/flattery
• *lēḇ*: masculine singular noun - heart
• *yədabbērû*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they speak

Word Meanings

• *šāwʾ*: falsehood/emptiness/vanity/worthlessness
• *ʾîš*: each one/each man/everyone
• *rēʿēhû*: his neighbor/his friend/his fellow
• *śəp̄aṯ ḥălāqôṯ*: smooth lips/flattering speech/smooth words
• *lēḇ wālēḇ*: double heart/divided heart/with insincerity

Referenced Verses

• Dan 7:8 : 8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
• Rev 13:5 : 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
• Dan 4:30-31 : 30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
• Ps 17:10 : 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
• Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
• Isa 10:10 : 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
• Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
• Ezek 28:9 : 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
• Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
• Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
• 1 Sam 17:43-44 : 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
• 2 Kgs 19:23-24 : 23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
• Job 32:22 : 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
• Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They are corrupt{H8686)}, and speak{H8762)} wickedly concerning oppression: they speak{H8762)} loftily. 9 They set{H8804)} their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh{H8799)} through the earth.
• Dan 7:25 : 25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
• Mal 3:13 : 13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
• 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
• Jude 1:16 : 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.