Psalms 12:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַכְרֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲלָק֑וֹת לָ֝שׁ֗וֹן מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

yaḵrēṯ YHWH all śip̄ṯê ḥălāqôṯ lāšôn məḏabbereṯ gəḏōlôṯ

Grammar Details

*yaḵrēṯ*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will cut off
*YHWH*: proper name, subject - LORD
*śip̄ṯê*: feminine plural construct - lips of
*ḥălāqôṯ*: feminine plural noun - smoothness/flattery
*lāšôn*: feminine singular noun - tongue
*məḏabbereṯ*: piel participle, feminine singular - speaking
*gəḏōlôṯ*: feminine plural adjective - great things/boastful things

Word Meanings

*yaḵrēṯ*: cut off/destroy/eliminate
*śip̄ṯê ḥălāqôṯ*: flattering lips/smooth-talking lips/deceitful speech
*lāšôn məḏabbereṯ gəḏōlôṯ*: tongue speaking great things/boastful tongue/arrogant speech

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jas 3:5-6 : 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Gen 3:5 : 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Job 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

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2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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8They are corrupt{H8686)}, and speak{H8762)} wickedly concerning oppression: they speak{H8762)} loftily.
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