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Psalm 73:9

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73:9They speak as if they rule in heaven,

and lay claim to the earth.17

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Footnotes

  1. 17 Heb “they set in heaven their mouth, and their tongue walks through the earth.” The meaning of the text is uncertain. Perhaps the idea is that they lay claim to heaven (i.e., speak as if they were ruling in heaven) and move through the earth declaring their superiority and exerting their influence. Some take the preposition -בְּ (bet) the first line as adversative and translate, “they set their mouth against heaven,” that is, they defy God.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They set their mouths against the heavens,

and their tongue struts through the earth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Their mouths lay claim to heaven,

and their tongues take possession of the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They set their mouths against heaven,

and their tongues strut across the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

They boast against the very heavens,

and their words strut throughout the earth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They set their mouth against the heavens,

and their tongue roams the earth.

KJV 1900King James Version

They set their mouth against the heavens,

And their tongue walketh through the earth.