King James Version

Psalms 73:9

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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שַׁתּ֣וּshatvbe laidשָׁתַתverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be laid”, a completed actionH8371to place, i.e. array; reflex. to liebe laid, set. tבַשָּׁמַ֣יִםvashamayimin heavenשָׁמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, dual, absolute — “in heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).פִּיהֶ֑םpihemedgeפֶּהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םuleshonamand tongueלָשׁוֹןconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and tongue”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)[phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְtihalakhwalkהָלַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “walk”, an unfinished actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…בָּאָֽרֶץbaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

World English Bible

They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

Darby Translation

They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Douay-Rheims

Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθεντο εἰς οὐρανὸν τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν διῆλθεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.