Other translations
American Standard Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They set their mouths in the sky and their tongue walks in the dirt.
Darby Bible Translation
They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
God's Word
They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on earth.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues strut across the earth.
International Standard Version
They choose to speak against heaven; while they talk about things on earth.
NET Bible
They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
New American Standard Bible
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.
New International Version
Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
New Living Translation
They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth.
Webster's Bible Translation
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
The World English Bible
They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
EasyEnglish Bible
They think that they rule in heaven, as well as on the earth!
Young‘s Literal Translation
They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
New Life Version
They say bad things against heaven, and their tongue walks through the earth.
The Voice Bible
They even mock God as if He were not above; their arrogant tongues boast throughout the earth; they feel invincible.
Living Bible
They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut through the earth.
New Catholic Bible
Their mouths rage against the heavens while their tongues are never stilled on the earth.
Legacy Standard Bible
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue goes through the earth.
Jubilee Bible 2000
They set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Christian Standard Bible
They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues strut across the earth.
Amplified Bible © 1954
They set their mouths against and speak down from heaven, and their tongues swagger through the earth [invading even heaven with blasphemy and smearing earth with slanders].
New Century Version
They brag to the sky. They say that they own the earth.
The Message
Pretentious with arrogance, they wear the latest fashions in violence, Pampered and overfed, decked out in silk bows of silliness. They jeer, using words to kill; they bully their way with words. They’re full of hot air, loudmouths disturbing the peace. People actually listen to them—can you believe it? Like thirsty puppies, they lap up their words.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
They set their mouths against the heavens. Their tongues strut around on earth.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues range over the earth.
Good News Translation®
They speak evil of God in heaven and give arrogant orders to everyone on earth,
Wycliffe Bible
They putted their mouth into heaven; and their tongue passed in earth. (They put their mouths against heaven; and their tongues went about over all the earth.)
Contemporary English Version
They dare to speak against God and to order others around.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues range over the earth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues range over the earth.
Common English Bible © 2011
Their mouths dare to speak against heaven! Their tongues roam the earth!
Amplified Bible © 2015
They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue swaggers through the earth.
English Standard Version Anglicised
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
They set their mouths against the heavens, their tongues roam the earth.
New American Standard Bible
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.
The Expanded Bible
They ·brag to the sky [L set their mouth against heaven]. ·They say that they own [L Their tongue wanders] the earth.
Tree of Life Version
They set their mouth against heaven. Their tongue struts through the earth.
Revised Standard Version
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
New International Reader's Version
They brag as if they owned heaven itself. They talk as if they controlled the earth.
BRG Bible
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Complete Jewish Bible
They set their mouths against heaven; their tongues swagger through the earth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues range over the earth.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
They set their mouth against Shomayim, and their leshon stalketh in ha’aretz.
Names of God Bible
They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on earth.
Modern English Version
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
Easy-to-Read Version
They think they are gods! They think they are the rulers of the earth.
International Children’s Bible
They brag to the sky. Their mouths gossip on the earth.
Lexham English Bible
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue roams the earth.
New International Version - UK
Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.