Psalm 12:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

ASV:

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

BBE:

Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

DBY:

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

ERV:

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

JPS:

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

WBS:

They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

WEB:

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

YLT:

Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

Psalm 12:2 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

Psalm 28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts.

Psalm 41:6 And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it.

Psalm 55:21 His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

Jeremiah 9:8 "Their tongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.

Romans 16:18 For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] {b} flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.
(b) He means the flatters of the court which hurt him more with their tongues than with their weapons.

MHC:

12:1-8 The psalmist begs help of God, because there were none among men whom he durst trust. - This psalm furnishes good thoughts for bad times; a man may comfort himself with such meditations and prayers. Let us see what makes the times bad, and when they may be said to be so. Ask the children of this world, What makes the times bad? they will tell you, Scarcity of money, decay of trade, and the desolations of war, make the times bad: but the Scripture lays the badness of the times on causes of another nature, 2Ti 3:1, c.: perilous times shall come, for sin shall abound; and of this David complains. When piety decays times really are bad. He who made man's mouth will call him to an account for his proud, profane, dissembling, or even useless words. When the poor and needy are oppressed, then the times are very bad. God himself takes notice of the oppression of the poor, and the sighing of the needy. When wickedness abounds, and is countenanced by those in authority, then the times are very bad. See with what good things we are here furnished for such bad times; and we cannot tell what times we may be reserved for. 1. We have a God to go to, from whom we may ask and expect the redress of all our grievances. 2. God will certainly punish and restrain false and proud men. 3. God will work deliverance for his oppressed people. His help is given in the fittest time. Though men are false, God is faithful; though they are not to be trusted, God is. The preciousness of God's word is compared to silver refined to the highest degree. How many proofs have been given of its power and truth! God will secure his chosen remnant, however bad the times are. As long as the world stands, there will be a generation of proud and wicked men. But all God's people are put into the hands of Christ our Saviour; there they are in safety, for none can pluck them thence; being built on Him, the Rock, they are safe, notwithstanding temptation or persecution come with ever so much force upon them.

CONC:

FALSE Deception Double Falsehood Flattering Flattery Full Heart Hearts Lies Lip Lips Neighbor Neighbour Says Smooth Speak Talk Tongues Utters Vanity

Deceit Deception Double False. Falsehood Flattering Flattery Full Heart Hearts Lies Neighbor Neighbour Smooth Speak Talk Tongues Utters Vanity Words

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