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Psalm 73:9–11

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9They brag as if they owned heaven itself.

They talk as if they controlled the earth.

10So people listen to them.

They lap up their words like water.

11They say, “How can God know what we’re doing?

Does the Most High God really know that much?”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

They set their mouths against the heavens,

and their tongue struts through the earth.

Therefore his people turn back to them,

and find no fault in them.

And they say, “How can God know?

Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Their mouths lay claim to heaven,

and their tongues take possession of the earth.

Therefore their people turn to them

and drink up waters in abundance.

They say, “How would God know?

Does the Most High know anything?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They set their mouths against heaven,

and their tongues strut across the earth.

Therefore his people turn to them

and drink in their overflowing words.

The wicked say, “How can God know?

Does the Most High know everything?”

NLTNew Living Translation

They boast against the very heavens,

and their words strut throughout the earth.

And so the people are dismayed and confused,

drinking in all their words.

“What does God know?” they ask.

“Does the Most High even know what’s happening?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They set their mouth against the heavens,

and their tongue roams the earth.

Therefore his people turn there,

and abundant waters are slurped up by them.

And they say, “How does God know?”

and, “Does the Most High have knowledge?”

KJV 1900King James Version

They set their mouth against the heavens,

And their tongue walketh through the earth.

Therefore his people return hither:

And waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

And they say, How doth God know?

And is there knowledge in the most High?