Psalm 12:2 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

² Unto his neighbour ev'ry one doth utter vanity: They with a double heart do speak, and lips of flattery.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² To his neighbor each one speaks words without use or worth or truth; with flattering lips and double heart [deceitfully] they speak.

American Standard Version (1901)

² They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Common English Bible

² Everyone tells lies to everyone else; they talk with slick speech and divided hearts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?

Psalm 12:2 Cross References

Psalm 10:7

His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit, is fill'd abundantly; And underneath his tongue there is mischief and vanity.

Psalm 116:11

I said, when I was in my haste, that all men liars be.

Psalm 144:11

O free me from strange children's hand, whose mouth speaks vanity; And their right hand a right hand is that works deceitfully.

Psalm 144:8

Whose mouth speaks vanity; And their right hand is a right hand that works deceitfully.

Psalm 28:3

With ill men draw me not away that work iniquity; That speak peace to their friends, while in their hearts doth mischief lie.

Psalm 38:12

Yea, they that seek my life lay snares: who seek to do me wrong Speak things mischievous, and deceits imagine all day long.

Psalm 41:6

To see me if he comes, he speaks vain words: but then his heart Heaps mischief to it, which he tells, when forth he doth depart.

Psalm 5:9

For in their mouth there is no truth, their inward part is ill; Their throat's an open sepulchre, their tongue doth flatter still.

Psalm 55:21

More smooth than butter were his words, while in his heart was war; His speeches were more soft than oil, and yet drawn swords they are.

Psalm 59:12

For their mouth's sin, and for the words that from their lips do fly, Let them be taken in their pride; because they curse and lie.

Psalm 62:4

They only plot to cast him down from his excellency: They joy in lies; with mouth they bless, but they curse inwardly.