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Psalms 144:8
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whose mouths speak lies,whose right hands are deceptive.
Whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
They are liars; they are dishonest.
who speak lies, and make false promises.
Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint], And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Whose mouth speaks deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Whose mouth talketh vanitie, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Whose mouth speaks worthlessness,And whose right hand is a right hand of lying.
whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
of those lying foreigners who can't tell the truth.
whose mouths speak worthless words and whose right hands swear false oaths.
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
They are all liars, even when they swear to tell the truth.
Whose mouths speak vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
who never tell the truth and lie even under oath.
whose mouth speaks falsely, and their right hand is a false right hand.
whose mouths have spoken vanity; and their right hand is a right hand of lies.
Whose mouth talketh of vanite, & their right hade is a righthande of falsede.
Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
Whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying.
Whose mouth speaketh vanitie: and their right hand is a right hand of falshood.
Whose mouth vttereth vanitie: and their ryght hande is a ryght hande of falshood.
whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity.
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
The mouth of which spak vanite; and the riythond of hem is the riyt hond of wickidnesse.
Whose mouth speaks deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Their mouths speak lies. And their right hand is a right hand that is false.
whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hands are false.
Whose mouth, hath spoken deceit, and, whose right hand, is a right hand of falsehood.
(143-8) Whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.
whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
Whose mouths speak deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Contextual Overview
A psalm of David.
Praise the Lord , who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle. 2 He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me. 3 O Lord , what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them? 4 For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow. 5 Open the heavens, Lord , and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke. 6 Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them! 7 Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies. 8 Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
mouth: Psalms 10:7, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 41:6, Psalms 58:3, Psalms 62:4, Psalms 109:2, Psalms 109:3, Isaiah 59:5-7
their right hand: Isaiah 44:20, Matthew 5:30, Revelation 13:16, Revelation 13:17
Reciprocal: Psalms 144:11 - and deliver me Isaiah 41:10 - the right
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Whose mouth speaketh vanity,.... Vain words, lies, flatteries, and deceit, Psalms 12:2; when they speak loftily of themselves, and contemptuously of others; when they deliver out threatenings against some, and make fair promises to others; it is all vanity, and comes to nothing;
and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood; their strength and power to perform what they boast of, threaten, or promise, is fallacious, is mere weakness, and cannot effect anything; or their treaties, contracts, and covenants, they enter into and sign with their right hand, are not kept by them; they act the treacherous and deceitful part. The Latin interpreter of the Arabic version renders it, "their oath is an oath of iniquity"; and Ben Balaam in Aben Ezra, and R. Adnim in Ben Melech, say the word so signifies in the Arabic language; and Schultens m has observed the same: but the word in that language signifies the right hand as well as an oath, and need not be restrained to that; it is better to take it in the large sense, as Cocceius n does; whether they lifted up the hand to pray, or to swear; or gave it to covenant with, to make contracts and agreements; or stretched it out to work with; it was a right hand of falsehood.
m Observat. Philolog. p. 195. n Lexicon, col. 312.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Those mouth speaketh vanity - Vain things; things not real and true; falsehood; lies. See the notes at Psalms 24:4. The idea is, that what they said had no foundation in truth - no reality. Truth is solid and reliable; falsehood is unreliable and vain.
And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood - The meaning here seems to be that even under the solemnities of an oath, when they lifted up their hands to swear, when they solemnly appealed to God, there was no reliance to be placed on what they affirmed or promised. Oaths were taken by lifting up the right hand as toward God. See Genesis 14:22; Exodus 6:8 (Margin, and Hebrew); Deuteronomy 32:40.
