Psalms 139:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.”
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BSBPD
“who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity <FI>are<Fi> Thine enemies.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 139:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 73:8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
- Psalms 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
- Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
- Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
- Jude 1:15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
- Revelation 13:6And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
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