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Psalm 75:4–6

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4I said unto the ffools, Deal not foolishly:

And to the wicked, gLift not up the horn:

5Lift not up your horn on high:

Speak not with a hstiff ineck.

6For promotion cometh neither from the east,

Nor from the west, nor from the south.

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Cross references

  1. fSee Ps. 5. 5.
  2. gSo Zech. 1. 21. ver. 10.
  3. hSee 1 Sam. 2. 3.
  4. iJob 15. 26 (Heb.). Comp. Ps. 73. 6.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn;

do not lift up your horn on high,

or speak with haughty neck.’ ”

For not from the east or from the west

and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.

Do not lift your horns against heaven;

do not speak so defiantly.’ ”

No one from the east or the west

or from the desert can exalt themselves.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

Do not lift up your horn against heaven

or speak arrogantly.’ ”

Exaltation does not come

from the east, the west, or the desert,

NLTNew Living Translation

“I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!’

I told the wicked, ‘Don’t raise your fists!

Don’t raise your fists in defiance at the heavens

or speak with such arrogance.’ ”

For no one on earth—from east or west,

or even from the wilderness—

should raise a defiant fist.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast!’

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn!

Do not lift up high your horn.

Do not speak with arrogant pride.’ ”

For it is not from the east or the west

and not from the south that lifting up comes,

KJV 1900King James Version

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly:

And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Lift not up your horn on high:

Speak not with a stiff neck.

For promotion cometh neither from the east,

Nor from the west, nor from the south.