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Psalms 73:9

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

KJV

Signa nostra non vidimus ; jam non est propheta ; et nos non cognoscet amplius.

Vulgate

τὰ σημεῖα ἡμῶν οὐκ εἴδομεν, οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι προφήτης, καὶ ἡμᾶς οὐ γνώσεται ἔτι.

LXX

They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

ASV

שַׁתּ֣וּ בַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּי/הֶ֑ם וּ֝/לְשׁוֹנָ֗/ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
י
y
noun · 496×
ם
m
noun · 116×
שַׁתּוּ֮
shtv
verb · 2×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 32:15 — Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of th
  • Dan 3:15 — 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:
  • Dan 7:25 — 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 a
  • Exod 5:2 — 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.
  • Hos 7:16 — They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
  • Isa 36:20 — Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
  • Jas 3:6 — 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.
  • Job 15:25 — For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
  • Jude 1:16 — 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.
  • 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.