Psalm 59:12
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
גָּאוֹן
gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
Study H1347 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt n...
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
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