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King James Version

Psalms 101:5

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Fellowship;   Heart;   Pride;   Slander;   Thompson Chain Reference - Abasement;   Backbiting;   Evil;   Exaltation-Abasement;   Silence-Speech;   Slander;   Speaking, Evil;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God;   Heart, Character of the Unrenewed;   Pride;   Slander;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gossip;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Pride;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Philemon, the Epistle to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - High;   Look;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Neighbor;   Psalms, Book of;   Salvation;   Slander;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Calumny;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride.
English Revised Version
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
Update Bible Version
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, I will destroy him: I will not allow him that has a high look and a proud heart.
New Century Version
If anyone secretly says things against his neighbor, I will stop him. I will not allow people to be proud and look down on others.
New English Translation
I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a haughty demeanor and an arrogant attitude.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.
World English Bible
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
Amplified Bible
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence; The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.
English Standard Version
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I pursuede hym; that bacbitide priueli his neiybore. With the proude iye and an herte vnable to be fillid; Y eet not with this.
Berean Standard Bible
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Contemporary English Version
Anyone who spreads gossip will be silenced, and no one who is conceited will be my friend.
American Standard Version
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
Bible in Basic English
I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.
Complete Jewish Bible
If someone slanders another in secret, I will cut him off. Haughty eyes and proud hearts I cannot abide.
Darby Translation
Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will stop anyone who secretly says bad things about a neighbor. I will not allow people to be proud and think they are better than others.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Whoso slandereth his neighbour in secret, him will I destroy;
King James Version (1611)
Whoso priuily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high looke, and a proud heart, will not I suffer.
New Life Bible
I will stop whoever talks against his neighbor in secret. I will not listen to anyone who has a proud look and a proud heart.
New Revised Standard
One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Him that priuily slandereth his neighbour, wil I destroy: him that hath a proude looke and hie heart, I cannot suffer.
George Lamsa Translation
He who accuses his neighbor falsely will I destroy; with him who has a high look and a proud heart I will not eat.
Good News Translation
I will get rid of anyone who whispers evil things about someone else; I will not tolerate anyone who is proud and arrogant.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(100-5) The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.
Revised Standard Version
Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from me: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, —with him I have not eaten.
Christian Standard Bible®
I will destroy anyonewho secretly slanders his neighbor;I cannot tolerate anyonewith haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.
Hebrew Names Version
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
Lexham English Bible
One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. One haughty of eyes and arrogant of heart, him I will not endure.
Literal Translation
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, I will cut him off; I will not endure him who has high eyes and a proud heart.
Young's Literal Translation
Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure, him wil I destroye: Who so hath a proude loke & an hye stomacke, I maye not awaye with him.
New American Standard Bible
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; I will not endure one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart.
New King James Version
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
Legacy Standard Bible
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure.

Contextual Overview

1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord , will I sing. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Whoso: Psalms 15:3, Psalms 50:20, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:1, Leviticus 19:16, Proverbs 10:18, Proverbs 20:19, Proverbs 25:23, Ezekiel 22:9, 1 Corinthians 5:11, 1 Timothy 3:11, Titus 2:3

an high: Psalms 10:2-4, Psalms 18:27, Psalms 138:6, 1 Samuel 2:3, Job 40:11, Job 40:12, Proverbs 6:16-19, Proverbs 30:13, Isaiah 2:11, Daniel 4:37, Obadiah 1:3, Obadiah 1:4, Luke 18:14, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:6

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:40 - take away 1 Samuel 24:9 - General 2 Samuel 16:3 - day 2 Samuel 19:27 - slandered 2 Samuel 19:29 - Thou Psalms 10:4 - the pride Psalms 31:13 - I have Proverbs 6:17 - A proud look Proverbs 16:13 - General Proverbs 20:26 - wise Proverbs 22:10 - General Proverbs 29:12 - General Ephesians 4:31 - evil speaking

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off,.... That raises and spreads a false report of him; that insinuates evil things of him; that brings false charges and accusations against him, in a private manner, when he has no opportunity to defend himself: such an one David threatens to cut off from his presence, as Kimchi interprets it; from all communion and conversation with him; and yet he listened to the slanders of Ziba against Mephibosheth: but Christ, who knows the hearts and the secret actions of men, will reject and cut off all persons of such a character: the Targum is,

"he that speaketh with a triple tongue against his neighbour, him will I destroy, and he shall be smitten with the leprosy:''

a slandering tongue is called a triple tongue with the Jews m, because, as they say, it kills three persons; him that carries the slander, him that receives it, and him of whom it is related; see the Apocrypha:

"Whoso hearkeneth unto it shall never find rest, and never dwell quietly.'' (Sirach 28:16)

him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer; or, "I cannot" n; that is, cannot bear him in my presence and company; cannot look upon him with any pleasure and delight: the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions, render it, "with him I will not eat": have no familiarity or acquaintance with him; see 1 Corinthians 5:11, such who looked above others, and with contempt upon them, whose hearts were large, as the word o signifies, were ambitious and insatiable, and never had enough of riches and honour; such were very contrary to David's character, and could never be agreeable to him, Psalms 121:1, as the proud and haughty Pharisees were not to Christ, Luke 18:9, and the man of sin that exalts himself above all that is called God, that little horn, whose look is more stout than his fellows, 2 Thessalonians 2:4.

m T. Bab. Erahin, fol. 15. 2. Vide Targum Jon. in Deut. 27. 4. n לא אוכל "non potero", Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus; "ferre", Musculus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis. o רחב לבב "vastum corde", Montanus "latum corde", Vatablus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour - literally, “One who speaks concerning his neighbor in secret.” If a man has any good to say of another, he will be likely to say it openly; if he has any evil to say, it will be likely to be said in secret. Hence, to speak in secret of anyone comes to mean the same thing as to slander him.

Him will I cut off - That is, I will cut him off from me; I will not employ him. He would not have one in his house, or in his service, who did injustice to the character of others; who stabbed their reputation in the dark. This was alike indicative of the personal character of the author of the psalm, and of his purpose as the head of a family. It is hardly necessary to say that no one should employ another who is in the habit of slandering his neighbor.

Him that hath an high look - That is proud - as a proud man commonly carries his head high.

And a proud heart - The Hebrew word here rendered “proud” commonly means wide, broad, large, as of the sea, or of an extended country, Job 11:9; Exodus 3:8. It is applied also to the law of God as comprehensive, and without limit, Psalms 119:96. Then it comes to mean swelled up - made large - inflated Proverbs 28:25; and hence, proud and arrogant.

Will not I suffer - I will not tolerate such a person near me. No one can have peace in his house who has such a class of servants or domestics; no one should countenance such persons. Humility is the very foundation of all virtue.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 101:5. Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour — All flatterers and time-servers, and those who by insinuations and false accusations endeavour to supplant the upright, that they may obtain their offices for themselves or their dependants, will I consider as enemies to the state, I will abominate, and expel them from my court.

The Chaldee gives a remarkable meaning to the Hebrew, מלשני בסתר רעהו melasheni bassether reehu, which we translate, Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, and which it renders thus, דמשתעי לישן תליתי על חבריה demishtaey lishan telitai al chabreyah: "He who speaks with the triple tongue against his neighbour." That is, the tongue by which he slays three persons, viz.,

1. The man whom he slanders;

2. Him to whom he communicates the slander; and,

3. Himself, the slanderer.

Every slanderer has his triple tongue, and by every slander inflicts those three deadly wounds. Such a person deserves to be cut off. On this subject St. Jerome speaks nearly in the same way: Ille qui detrahit, et se, et illum qui audit, demergit; "He who slanders ruins both himself and him who hears him;" he might have added, and him who is slandered, for this is often the case; the innocent are ruined by detraction.

A high look and a proud heart — One who is seeking preferment; who sticks at nothing to gain it; and one who behaves himself haughtily and insolently in his office.

Will not I suffer. — לא אוכל lo uchal, I cannot away with. These persons especially will I drive from my presence, and from all state employments.


 
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