Psalm 73:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ They mock and speak in the evil of oppression; They speak loftily.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: They speak loftily.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ They scoff, and wickedly utter oppression; they speak loftily [from on high, maliciously and blasphemously].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

Common English Bible

⁸ They scoff and talk so cruel; from their privileged positions they plan oppression.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ They have said in their heart, the whole group of them together: "Let us cause all the feast days of God to cease from the land.

Psalm 73:8 Cross References

Jude 1:16

These are grumblers, complainers, who walk according to their own lusts, and their mouth speaks proudly, admiring faces of others for the sake of gain.

Psalm 17:10

They are enclosed in their own fat, They speak proudly with their mouths,

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they devised.

2 Peter 2:18

For speaking arrogant nonsense, they entice – through the lusts of the flesh, through indecencies – the ones who have indeed escaped from those living in delusion,

2 Peter 2:10

and most of all those walking after the flesh in filthy lust and despising authority – bold, headstrong, speaking evil of esteemed ones,

Hosea 7:16

“They return but not above. They have been like a slack bow. Their rulers fall by the sword for the cursings of their tongue. This is their scorn in the land of Mitsrayim.

1 Samuel 13:19

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Yisra’ĕl, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.”

2 Kings 18:29

“Thus said the sovereign, ‘Do not let Ḥizqiyahu deceive you, for he is unable to deliver you out of his hand,

Ezekiel 35:13

“And with your mouth you have boasted against Me and increased your words against Me – I Myself have heard.”