Psalms 144:8

144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; hand from: Heb. hands from

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

What does Psalms 144:8 mean?

Psalms 144:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פֶּה (peh), דָבַר (dâbar), שָׁוְא (shâvᵉʼ).

Hebrew interlinear

Whose

mouthפֶּהpeh/peh/H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

speakethדָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

vanity,שָׁוְאshâvᵉʼ/shawv/H7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)

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handיָמִיןyâmîyn/yaw-meen'/H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south

right

handיָמִיןyâmîyn/yaw-meen'/H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south

falsehood.שֶׁקֶרsheqer/sheh'-ker/H8267an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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What does Psalms 144:8 say?

Psalms 144:8 (King James Version) reads: "Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood."

Is Psalms 144:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 144:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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