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JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
אשר ימרוך למזמה נשוא לשוא עריך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ASHr ymrvk lmzmh nSHvA lSHvA `ryk

Intermediate language

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
New King James Version   
For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21st Century King James Version   
For they speak against Thee wickedly, and Thine enemies take Thy name in vain.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Because they have spoken against you and they have taken your city without a cause!
Darby Bible Translation   
For they speak of thee wickedly, they take thy name in vain, thine enemies.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain!
God's Word   
They say wicked things about you. Your enemies misuse your name.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
who invoke You deceitfully. Your enemies swear by You falsely.
International Standard Version   
who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain.
NET Bible   
They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.
New American Standard Bible   
For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
New International Version   
They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
New Living Translation   
They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain.
The World English Bible   
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Those people say bad things against you, God. Your enemies always tell lies.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
New Life Version   
For they speak against You in sin. Those who hate You use Your name in a wrong way.
The Voice Bible   
For they say such horrible things about You, and those who are against You abuse Your good name.
Living Bible   
They blaspheme your name and stand in arrogance against you—how silly can they be?
New Catholic Bible   
They blaspheme your name and treacherously rise up against you.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Christian Standard Bible   
who invoke you deceitfully. Your enemies swear by you falsely.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Who speak against You wickedly, Your enemies who take Your name in vain!
New Century Version   
They say evil things about you. Your enemies use your name thoughtlessly.
The Message   
Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful! God, I’ll never comprehend them! I couldn’t even begin to count them— any more than I could count the sand of the sea. Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you! And please, God, do away with wickedness for good! And you murderers—out of here!— all the men and women who belittle you, God, infatuated with cheap god-imitations. See how I hate those who hate you, God, see how I loathe all this godless arrogance; I hate it with pure, unadulterated hatred. Your enemies are my enemies!
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
men who speak against you maliciously. Your adversaries misuse your name.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
those who speak of you maliciously, and lift themselves up against you for evil!
Good News Translation®   
They say wicked things about you; they speak evil things against your name.
Wycliffe Bible   
For they say in thought; Take they their cities in vanity. (For out loud they say against thee, We shall take thy name in vain.)
Contemporary English Version   
They are always rebelling and speaking evil of you.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
those who speak of you maliciously and lift themselves up against you for evil!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
those who speak of you maliciously, and lift themselves up against you for evil!
Common English Bible © 2011   
the people who talk about you, but only for wicked schemes; the people who are your enemies, who use your name as if it were of no significance.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For they speak against You wickedly, Your enemies take Your name in vain.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain!
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Your foes who conspire a plot against you are exalted in vain.
New American Standard Bible   
For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
The Expanded Bible   
They ·say evil things about [make evil plans against] you. Your enemies ·use your name thoughtlessly [L lift in vain; Ex. 20:7].
Tree of Life Version   
For they speak about You with wicked intent. Your enemies reproach You in vain.
Revised Standard Version   
men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil!
New International Reader's Version   
They are your enemies. They misuse your name. They misuse it for their own evil purposes.
BRG Bible   
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Complete Jewish Bible   
They invoke your name for their crafty schemes; yes, your enemies misuse it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
those who speak of you maliciously, and lift themselves up against you for evil!
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For they speak of Thee craftily, and it is taken lashav [Ex 20:7] by Thy enemies.
Names of God Bible   
They say wicked things about you. Your enemies misuse your name.
Modern English Version   
For they speak against You with malice, and Your enemies take your name in vain.
Easy-to-Read Version   
those who say bad things about you. Your enemies use your name falsely.
International Children’s Bible   
These men say evil things about you. Your enemies use your name thoughtlessly.
Lexham English Bible   
who speak against you deceitfully. Your enemies take your name in vain.
New International Version - UK   
They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.