Psalms 78:36 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 78:36

But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

BSB

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ASV

But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

KJV

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth - The word rendered “flatter” means properly “to open;” and hence, “to be open; to be ingenious or frank;” and then, to be easily persuaded, to be deluded, to be beguiled; and hence, also, in an active form, to persuade, to entice, to seduce, to beguile, to delude. The meaning here is, that they attempted to deceive by their professions, or that their professions were false and hollow. Those professions were the mere result of affliction. They were based on no principle; there was no true love or confidence at the foundation. Such professions or promises are often made in affliction. Under the pressure of heavy judgments, the loss of property, the loss of friends, or the failure of health, people become serious, and resolve to give attention to religion. It is rarely that such purposes are founded in sincerity, and that the conversions apparently resulting from them are true conversions. The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate render the phrase here, “They loved with their mouth.” And they lied unto him with their tongues - They made promises which they did not keep.

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Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְפַתּ֥וּהוּ	vay.fa.Tu.hu	and they deceived him	H6601 →
בְּפִיהֶ֑ם	be.fi.Hem	with mouth their	H6310 →
וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗ם	u.vil.sho.Nam	and with tongue their	H3956 →
יְכַזְּבוּ־	ye.kha.ze.vu-	they lied	H3576 →
לֽוֹ׃	lo	to him

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Through
Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
leads to
- Jeremiah 12:2
  You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Ezekiel 33:31–33
  So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
- Mark 7:2–13
  and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- Matthew 15:2–9
  “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- Jeremiah 3:10
  Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
Through
Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
leads to
- Matthew 13:22
  The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Psalms 78:36–37
  But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
- James 1:22–24
  Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

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