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Psalms 139:20 King James Version (KJV)

20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.


Psalms 139:20 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

20 For they speak H559 against thee wickedly, H4209 and thine enemies H6145 take H5375 thy name in vain. H7723


Psalms 139:20 American Standard (ASV)

20 For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take `thy name' in vain.


Psalms 139:20 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

20 Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity `are' Thine enemies.


Psalms 139:20 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

20 For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.


Psalms 139:20 World English Bible (WEB)

20 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.


Psalms 139:20 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

20 For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.

Cross Reference

Job 21:14-15 KJV

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Psalms 2:1-3 KJV

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Psalms 73:8-9 KJV

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Psalms 74:22-23 KJV

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Isaiah 37:28-29 KJV

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Commentary on Psalms 139 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 139

Ps 139:1-24. After presenting the sublime doctrines of God's omnipresence and omniscience, the Psalmist appeals to Him, avowing his innocence, his abhorrence of the wicked, and his ready submission to the closest scrutiny. Admonition to the wicked and comfort to the pious are alike implied inferences from these doctrines.