Psalm 73:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues range over the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ They set their mouths against and speak down from heaven, and their tongues swagger through the earth [invading even heaven with blasphemy and smearing earth with slanders]. [Rev. 13:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

Common English Bible

⁹ Their mouths dare to speak against heaven! Their tongues roam the earth!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ We have not seen our proof; there is now no prophet. And he will no longer know us."

Psalm 73:9 Cross References

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.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”

Daniel 7:25

He shall speak words against the Most High, shall wear out the holy ones of the Most High, and shall attempt to change the ritual calendar and the law, and they shall be given into his power for a time, two times, and half a time.

Daniel 3:15

Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble, you should fall down and worship the statue that I have made. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire, and who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”

2 Chronicles 32:15

Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save his people from my hand or from the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God save you out of my hand!”

Luke 18:4

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone,

Psalm 52:4

You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

Job 21:14

They say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.