Psalm 17:10
New International Version
They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.

New Living Translation
They are without pity. Listen to their boasting!

English Standard Version
They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.

Berean Standard Bible
They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

King James Bible
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

New King James Version
They have closed up their fat hearts; With their mouths they speak proudly.

New American Standard Bible
They have closed their unfeeling hearts, With their mouths they speak proudly.

NASB 1995
They have closed their unfeeling heart, With their mouth they speak proudly.

NASB 1977
They have closed their unfeeling heart; With their mouth they speak proudly.

Legacy Standard Bible
They have closed their unfeeling heart, With their mouth they speak proudly.

Amplified Bible
They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion]; With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.

Christian Standard Bible
They are uncaring; their mouths speak arrogantly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They have become hardened; their mouths speak arrogantly.

American Standard Version
They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

Contemporary English Version
They refuse to show mercy, and they keep bragging.

English Revised Version
They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They have shut out all feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.

Good News Translation
they have no pity and speak proudly.

International Standard Version
They are imprisoned by their own prosperity, they have boasted proudly with their mouth.

Majority Standard Bible
They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

NET Bible
They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.

New Heart English Bible
They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

Webster's Bible Translation
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

World English Bible
They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They have closed up their fat, "" Their mouths have spoken with pride:

Young's Literal Translation
Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

Smith's Literal Translation
They shut up their fat: their mouth spake in pride.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
they have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly.

New American Bible
they close their hearts, they fill their mouths with proud roaring.

New Revised Standard Version
They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Silence their mouth, for they have spoken vanity.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Shut their mouths, for they have spoken boasting.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Their gross heart they have shut tight, With their mouth they speak proudly.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Hear My Righteous Plea
9from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. 10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance. 11They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,…

Cross References
Matthew 13:15
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

Acts 28:27
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

Isaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

Mark 8:17-18
Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts? / ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?

John 12:40
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

Romans 11:8
as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

Hebrews 3:12-13
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. / But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

2 Timothy 3:8
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

Jeremiah 5:21
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Ezekiel 12:2
“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.


Treasury of Scripture

They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

They are

Psalm 73:7-9
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish…

Psalm 119:70
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

with

Psalm 12:3,4
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: …

Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Psalm 123:4
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

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Psalm 17
1. David, in confidence of his integrity, craves defense of God against his enemies
10. He shows their pride, craft, and eagerness
13. He prays against them in confidence of his hope














They have closed
The phrase "they have closed" suggests a deliberate action, indicating a willful decision to shut off or seal something. In the Hebrew text, the word used here is "סָגַר" (sagar), which means to shut, close, or stop. This implies a conscious choice to reject or ignore something, in this case, the truth or the voice of God. Historically, this reflects the persistent rebellion of those who choose to turn away from divine guidance, a theme prevalent throughout the Old Testament.

their callous hearts
The term "callous hearts" is derived from the Hebrew "חֵלֶב" (cheleb), which can mean fat or the best part, but in this context, it refers to a heart that is insensitive or unfeeling. This imagery of a heart covered in fat suggests a spiritual insensitivity or a barrier to compassion and understanding. Biblically, a callous heart is often associated with stubbornness and a refusal to heed God's word, as seen in Pharaoh's hardened heart in Exodus.

their mouths speak
The phrase "their mouths speak" highlights the connection between the heart and speech. In Hebrew thought, the mouth is an extension of the heart, and what one speaks reveals the condition of the heart. The verb "speak" here is "דָּבַר" (dabar), which means to declare or converse. This indicates that the words spoken are not accidental but are a reflection of the inner state of the speaker.

with arrogance
The word "arrogance" is translated from the Hebrew "גָּאוֹן" (ga'on), which means pride or haughtiness. This term conveys a sense of self-exaltation and an inflated sense of self-worth. In the biblical context, arrogance is often condemned as it leads to a rejection of God's authority and wisdom. The historical context of Israel's leaders and nations surrounding them often illustrates the downfall that follows such pride, serving as a warning to remain humble before God.

(10) They are inclosed . . .--Literally, Their fat have they shut up. So LXX. and Vulgate, without indicating the meaning. But the "proudly" of the next clause suggests that "fat" is only a figure for the conceit of prosperity, and as that verb is active, the word mouth should be joined with it as object from the next clause, "In their conceit they shut their mouth; (when they do speak) they speak proudly.

Verse 10. - They are enclosed in their own fat (comp. Deuteronomy 32:15; Job 15:27; Psalm 119:70). Self-indulgence has hardened their feelings and dulled their souls. An organ enclosed in fat cannot work freely. So their feelings cannot work as nature intended through the coarseness and hardness in which they are, as it were, embedded. With their mouth they speak proudly (comp. Psalm 12:3, 4; Psalm 86:14).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They have closed
סָּגְר֑וּ (sā·ḡə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

their callous [hearts];
חֶלְבָּ֥מוֹ (ḥel·bā·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2459: Fat, richest, choice part

their mouths
פִּ֝֗ימוֹ (pî·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

speak
דִּבְּר֥וּ (dib·bə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

with arrogance.
בְגֵאֽוּת׃ (ḇə·ḡê·’ūṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1348: Arrogance, majesty, ornament


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