They say,“ We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”

他们曾说：“我们必能以舌头得胜；我们的嘴唇是我们自己的，谁能作我们的主呢？”

他们说：“我们必能以舌头取胜，我们的嘴唇是自己的，谁能作我们的主呢？”

他们说：“我们必能以舌头取胜，我们的嘴唇是自己的，谁能作我们的主呢？”

他们说：“我们必靠舌头制胜，嘴唇是我们自己的，谁管得着我们？”

他们曾说：“我们必能以舌头取胜；我们的嘴唇是自己的，谁能作我们的主呢？”

他们说：“我们要靠舌头强盛，我们的嘴唇是自己的，谁是我们的主呢？”

他們曾說：我們必能以舌頭得勝；我們的嘴唇是我們自己的，誰能作我們的主呢？

他們說：「我們必能以舌頭取勝，我們的嘴唇是自己的，誰能作我們的主呢？」

他們說：「我們必能以舌頭取勝，我們的嘴唇是自己的，誰能作我們的主呢？」

他們說：「我們必靠舌頭制勝，嘴唇是我們自己的，誰管得著我們？」

他們曾說：“我們必能以舌頭取勝；我們的嘴唇是自己的，誰能作我們的主呢？”

他們曾說：『我們必能以舌頭取勝；我們的嘴脣是我們自己的；誰能作我們的主呢？』

他們說：「我們要靠舌頭強盛，我們的嘴唇是自己的，誰是我們的主呢？」

彼曰、我舌獲勝、口為我有、誰為我主兮、

彼乃曰、我將舌戰以勝之、口為我有、誰能主之、

其言曰、我欲以舌逞強、口為我有、誰能主我、

求主矯浮薄。復使反樸拙。懲罰巧言者。剪截誇誕舌。

those who say,“ By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us— who is lord over us?”

They say,“ What we speak with our tongues will win the battle. What we say with our lips will keep us safe. No one will have victory over us.”

those who say,“ With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

They say,“ We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own— who can stop us?”

They say,“ Through our tongues we have power; our lips are our own— who can be our master?”

Who have said,“ With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

Who have said,“ With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is Lord over us?”

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

They say,“ Through our tongues we have power; our lips are our own— who can be our master?”

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips[ are] our own: who[ is] lord over us?

who have said,“ With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.

But Pharaoh said,“ Who is the LORD that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the LORD, and I will not release Israel!”

for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil.”

Then some people said,“ Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”

You people of this generation, listen to what the LORD says.“ Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘ We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’

So they say to God,‘ Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’

Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don’t pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?”

He opposes and exalts himself above every so- called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.