Psalm 139:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ those who speak of you maliciously and lift themselves up against you for evil!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Who speak against You wickedly, Your enemies who take Your name in vain! [Jude 15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Common English Bible

²⁰ 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 your name.

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.

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 the deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

Revelation 13:6

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