King James Version
Psalms 12:3 in the King James Version says “The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: proud: Heb. great” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: proud: Heb. great”
Psalms 12:3 · KJV
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. upon: or, upon the eighth Help: or, Save
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. a double: Heb. an heart and an heart
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: proud: Heb. great
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? are: Heb. are with us
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. puffeth: or, would ensnare him
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall cut off”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“and the tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“that speaketh”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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