Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? Treasury of Scripture With Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise... James 3:5,6 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles!... our own. Heb. with us who Genesis 3:5 For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. Job 21:14,15 Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways... Jeremiah 2:31 O generation, see you the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, We are lords... Daniel 3:15 Now if you be ready that at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer... 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God...
Context Help, for the Godly Are No More
1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things: 4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, said the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffs at him. 6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7You shall keep them, O LORD, you shall preserve them from this generation for ever. 8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. Parallel Verses American Standard Version Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Douay-Rheims Bible Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?
Darby Bible Translation Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
King James Bible Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Young's Literal Translation Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'
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