Psalm 73:9
Strong's Lexicon
They set
שַׁתּ֣וּ (šat·tū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8371: 1) (Qal) to set, appoint

their mouths
פִּיהֶ֑ם (pî·hem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

against the heavens,
בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם (ḇaš·šā·ma·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: 1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)

and their tongues
וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם (ū·lə·šō·w·nām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3956: 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

strut
תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ (ti·hă·laḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: 1) to go, walk, come 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

across the earth.
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They set their mouths against heaven, and their tongues strut across the earth.

New American Standard Bible
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.

King James Bible
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Parallel Verses
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.

English Standard Version
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.

New American Standard Bible
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.

King James Bible
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the 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.

American Standard Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

English Revised Version
They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
















Cross References
Revelation 13:6
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

Psalm 12:4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Isaiah 3:8
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Hosea 7:16
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 73:8
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

Psalm 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Psalm 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Psalm 73:10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

Psalm 73:11
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Psalm 73:12
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
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