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Speak boastfully no longer,
    Do not let arrogance issue from your mouths.[a]
For an all-knowing God is the Lord,
    a God who weighs actions.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:3 Speak…mouths: addressed to the enemies mentioned in v. 1.

Talk no more so very proudly,
    let not arrogance come from your mouth;
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
    and by him actions are weighed.

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Stop your loud boasting;
    silence your proud words.
For the Lord is a God who knows,
    and he judges all that people do.

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Do not go on [a]boasting so very proudly,
(A)Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
(B)For the Lord is a God of knowledge,
(C)And [b]with Him actions are weighed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:3 Lit talk much
  2. 1 Samuel 2:3 Or disgraceful actions have no place

“Do not keep talking so proudly
    or let your mouth speak such arrogance,(A)
for the Lord is a God who knows,(B)
    and by him deeds(C) are weighed.(D)

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