Psalm 73:8–9
8 They scoff and lspeak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;
with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:
They speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)
8 They scoff and speak only evil;
in their pride they seek to crush others.
9 They boast against the very heavens,
and their words strut throughout the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
8 They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression;
They speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue walks through the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)
8 They make fun of others and speak evil;
proudly they speak of hurting others.
9 They brag to the sky.
They say that they own the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression:
They speak loftily.
9 They have set their mouth in the heavens,
And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
8 They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily: 9 They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
8 They ridicule.
They speak maliciously.
They speak arrogantly about oppression.
9 They verbally attack heaven,
and they order people around on earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues strut across the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
8 They scoff and speak with malice;
loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues range over the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 They mock and speak maliciously of oppression;
they speak as though from on high.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
and their tongue roams the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
8 They laugh at others and speak words of hatred.
They are proud. They warn others about the harm they can do to them.
9 They brag as if they owned heaven itself.
They talk as if they controlled the earth.
Psalm 73:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
8 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.
9 They have set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.