Psalm 139:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil!

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Who speak against You wickedly, Your enemies who take Your name in vain! [Jude 15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

the people who talk about you, but only for wicked schemes; the people who are your enemies, who use your name as if it were of no significance.

Psalm 139:20 Cross References

Psalm 74:18

Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles thy name.

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

Isaiah 37:23

“ ‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Jude 1:15

to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

Revelation 13:6

it opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven.