KJV King James Version
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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Psalm 17:10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
WEB World English Bible
They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
ASV American Standard Version
They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
Surrounding context — Psalm 17
7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
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1 Samuel 2:3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.Psalm 31:18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.Psalm 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.Revelation 13:5-6And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months.Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.2 Peter 2:18For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.Acts 28:27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.Job 15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.Exodus 5:2And 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.Psalm 119:70Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.Psalm 73:7-9Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.Psalm 12:3-4The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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