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Psalm 94

Psa. 94:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How long shall they utter
naba` (Hebrew #5042)
to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor)
KJV usage: belch out, flowing, pour out, send forth, utter (abundantly).
Pronounce: naw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
and speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
hards things
`athaq (Hebrew #6277)
impudent
KJV usage: arrogancy, grievous (hard) things, stiff.
Pronounce: aw-thawk'
Origin: from 6275 in the sense of license
? and all the workers
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
of iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
boast
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves?

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 31:18• 18The lips of falsehood shall be dumb,{HR}Which speak against the righteous one insolently, with pride and contempt. (Psa. 31:18)
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Psa. 59:7,12• 7Behold, they belch out with their mouth:{HR}Swords [are] in their lips; for who heareth?
12The sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips;{HR}And they shall be taken in their pride,{HR}And for cursing and falsehood they will tell.
(Psa. 59:7,12)
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Psa. 64:3‑4• 3Who have sharpened like the sword their tongue,{HR}Have bent their arrow, a bitter word,
4To shoot in the secret places at the perfect;{HR}Suddenly they shoot [at him] and fear not.
(Psa. 64:3‑4)
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Psa. 73:8‑9• 8They mock and speak wickedly of oppression;{HR}From on high they speak.
9They set their mouth in the heavens,{HR}And their tongue walketh in the earth.
(Psa. 73:8‑9)
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Psa. 140:3• 3They whet their tongue like a serpent:{HR}Adder's poison [is] under their lips, Selah. (Psa. 140:3)
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Prov. 30:14• 14A generation whose teeth are swords,{HR}And their jaw-teeth knives,{HR}To devour the afflicted from off the earth,{HR}And the needy from [among] men. (Prov. 30:14)
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Jer. 18:18• 18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. (Jer. 18:18)
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Matt. 12:24,34• 24But when the Pharisees heard, they said, This [man] doth not cast out the demons but by Beelzebub, prince of the demons.
34Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
(Matt. 12:24,34)
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Jude 14‑15• 14And Enoch, seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord came amid his holy myriads,
15to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly [of them] of all their works of ungodliness which they ungodlily wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners spoke against him.
(Jude 14‑15)
boast.
Psa. 10:2‑7• 2In the pride of the wicked he doth hotly pursue the poor;{HR}They are taken in the very devices they devised.
3For the wicked [man] boasteth of his soul's desire;{HR}He blesseth the plunderer, he despiseth Jehovah.
4The wicked [man] according to the pride of his anger seeketh not;{HR}All his thoughts [are], There is no God.
5His ways are firm at every time;{HR}Thy judgments [are] a height away from him;{HR}All his adversaries—he puffeth at them.
6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved;{HR}To generation and generation [I am] he which shall not [be] in any evil.
7Of cursing his mouth is full, and of deceits and violence;{HR}Under his tongue [is] mischief and iniquity.
(Psa. 10:2‑7)
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Psa. 52:1• 1To the chief musician; an instruction of David, when Doeg the Edomite went in, and told Saul and said to him, David went to the house of Ahimelech.{HR}Why boastest thou thyself in evil, mighty man?{HR}The mercy of God [is] all the day. (Psa. 52:1)
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Ex. 15:9‑10• 9The enemy said, I will pursue,{HR}I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;{HR}My soul shall be sated upon them;{HR}I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.{HR}
10Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them;{HR}They sank as lead in the mighty waters.{HR}
(Ex. 15:9‑10)
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Job 21:14‑15• 14Yet they say to God, Depart from us,{HR}For we desired not the knowledge of thy ways:
15What [is] the Almighty that we should serve him?{HR}And what profit have we if we meet him?
(Job 21:14‑15)
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Isa. 10:13‑15• 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am prudent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have put down them that sit [on thrones];
14and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him that is] not wood.
(Isa. 10:13‑15)
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Isa. 37:24‑25• 24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the recesses of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, its choice cypresses: and I will enter into the height of its border, the forest of its fruitful field.
25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Matsor.
(Isa. 37:24‑25)
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Dan. 7:8,11,25• 8I considered the ten horns that were in its head, and behold there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and behold in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth that spake very great things,
11I beheld them because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame.
25And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High , and think to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hands, until a time and times and the dividing of time.
(Dan. 7:8,11,25)
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Dan. 8:11• 11Yea, he magnified himself even to the Prince of the host, and from him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. (Dan. 8:11)
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Dan. 11:36‑37• 36And the king shall do according to his own will; and he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god; he shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods; he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women; nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
(Dan. 11:36‑37)
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Rev. 13:5‑6• 5And there was given him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemy; and there was given him authority to work forty-two months.
6And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle [and] those that tabernacle in the heaven.
(Rev. 13:5‑6)
 In the place of power they treat others with arrogance and insult while boasting in themselves. (Psalm 94 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How long shall they utter and speak insolence—all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

W. Kelly Translation

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They prate, they speak arrogantly;{HR}All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.