Psalms 144:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּ֭יהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁ֑וְא וִֽ֝ימִינָ֗ם יְמִ֣ין שָֽׁקֶר׃

Transliteration

ʾĂšer pîhem dibber-šāwʾ, and their wîmînām yĕmîn šāqer.

Grammar Details

*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
*pîhem*: noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their mouth
*dibber*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has spoken
*šāwʾ*: noun masculine singular - emptiness/falsehood/vanity
*wîmînām*: conjunction + noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their right hand
*yĕmîn*: noun feminine singular construct - right hand of
*šāqer*: noun masculine singular - falsehood/deception

Word Meanings

*pîhem*: their mouth (collective singular for plural 'mouths')
*dibber-šāwʾ*: has spoken emptiness/vanity/falsehood
*yĕmîn šāqer*: right hand of falsehood (idiom for deceptive oaths/promises)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Ps 41:6 : 6 And if he come{H8804)} to see{H8800)} me, he speaketh{H8762)} vanity: his heart gathereth{H8799)} iniquity to itself; when he goeth{H8799)} abroad, he telleth{H8762)} it.
Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Isa 59:5-7 : 5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Matt 5:30 : 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Rev 13:16-17 : 16 And he causeth all, both small and great , rich and poor , free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Ps 58:3 : 3 The wicked are estranged{H8804)} from the womb: they go astray{H8804)} as soon as they be born, speaking{H8802)} lies.
Ps 62:4 : 4 They only consult{H8804)} to cast him down{H8687)} from his excellency: they delight{H8799)} in lies: they bless{H8762)} with their mouth, but they curse{H8762)} inwardly. Selah.
Ps 106:26 : 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
Ps 109:2-3 : 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Deut 32:40 : 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
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7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
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Ps 24:4
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Ps 78:36
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Isa 59:13
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