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Psalms 139:20

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

KJV

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

ASV

אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻ/ךָ לִ/מְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַ/שָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity are Thine enemies.

YLT

For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
pronoun · 2×
מְזִמּ֣וֹת
mzmvt
noun · 19×
שָׁ֑וְא
shv'
noun · 52×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 5:11 — Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
  • Exod 20:7 — Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
  • Isa 37:23 — Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 37:28 — But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
  • Jude 1:15 — To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have sp
  • Ps 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
  • Ps 73:8 — They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
  • Ps 74:18 — Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
  • Ps 74:22 — Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
  • Rev 13:6 — And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.