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do not speak so defiantly.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/75.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Don’t raise your fists in defiance at the heavens or speak with such arrogance.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/75.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with haughty neck.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/75.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/75.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Lift not up your horn on high: speak <i>not with</i> a stiff neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/75.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Do not lift up your horn on high; Do <i>not</i> speak with a stiff neck.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/75.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not lift up your horn on high, Do not speak with insolent pride.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/75.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Do not lift up your horn on high, Do not speak with insolent pride.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/75.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Do not lift up your horn on high, Do not speak with insolent pride.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/75.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Do not raise up your horn on high, Nor speak with insolent pride.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/75.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Do not lift up your [defiant and aggressive] horn on high, Do not speak with a stiff neck.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/75.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak arrogantly.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/75.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak arrogantly.&#8217&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/75.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/75.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Stop bragging! Quit telling me how great you are." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/75.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Lift not up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/75.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Don't raise your weapons so proudly or speak so defiantly."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/75.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I tell them to stop their boasting." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/75.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Don't use your strength to fight heaven or speak from stubborn arrogance." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/75.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/75.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/75.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Do not lift up your horn on high. Do not speak with a stiff neck."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/75.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/75.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/75.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not raise up your horn on high "" (You speak with a stiff neck).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/75.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/75.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall not lift up your horn to elevation: ye will speak with an impudent neck.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/75.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/75.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 74:6>Do not exalt your horn on high. Do not speak iniquity against God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/75.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Do not raise your horns against heaven! Do not speak with a stiff neck!” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/75.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with insolent neck.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/75.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Lift not up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/75.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Neither lift your trumpet to The Highest nor speak with a high neck."<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/75.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not insolence with a haughty neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/75.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/75-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9192" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/75.htm">We Give Thanks, for Your Name is Near</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: tā·rî·mū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">lift up</a> <a href="/hebrew/7161.htm" title="7161: qar·nə·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- From qaran; a horn; by implication, a flask, cornet; by resembl. An elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray; figuratively, power.">your horn</a> <a href="/hebrew/4791.htm" title="4791: lam·mā·rō·wm (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Height. From ruwm; altitude, i.e. Concretely, abstractly (elation), or adverbially (aloft).">against heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: tə·ḏab·bə·rū (V-Piel-Imperf-2mp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">or speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/6277.htm" title="6277: ‘ā·ṯāq (N-ms) -- Forward, arrogant. From athaq in the sense of license; impudent.">with an outstretched</a> <a href="/hebrew/6677.htm" title="6677: ḇə·ṣaw·wār (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or tsavvar; or tsavvaron; or tsavva.rah; intensively from tsuwr in the sense of binding; the back of the neck.">neck.’”</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a></span><br />Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6</a></span><br />But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">1 Peter 5:5</a></span><br />Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-11.htm">Isaiah 2:11-12</a></span><br />The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. / For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-11.htm">Luke 14:11</a></span><br />For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/29-23.htm">Proverbs 29:23</a></span><br />A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-12.htm">Matthew 23:12</a></span><br />For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-37.htm">Daniel 4:37</a></span><br />Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-3.htm">1 Samuel 2:3</a></span><br />Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Isaiah 13:11</a></span><br />I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm">Jeremiah 50:31-32</a></span><br />“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. / The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-26.htm">Ezekiel 21:26</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Obadiah 1:3-4</a></span><br />The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ / Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-16.htm">2 Chronicles 26:16</a></span><br />But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.</p><p class="hdg">speak</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-9.htm">Exodus 32:9</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it <i>is</i> a stiffnecked people:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/31-27.htm">Deuteronomy 31:27</a></b></br> For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">2 Chronicles 30:8</a></b></br> Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers <i>were, but</i> yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">Arrogantly</a> <a href="/psalms/18-27.htm">Haughty</a> <a href="/psalms/73-25.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/psalms/74-5.htm">High</a> <a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-28.htm">Insolence</a> <a href="/psalms/54-3.htm">Insolent</a> <a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/psalms/73-6.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/psalms/18-40.htm">Necks</a> <a href="/job/15-26.htm">Outstretched</a> <a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/psalms/73-15.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/job/40-17.htm">Stiff</a> <a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/94-4.htm">Arrogantly</a> <a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Haughty</a> <a href="/psalms/76-8.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/psalms/77-10.htm">High</a> <a href="/psalms/81-3.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/psalms/75-10.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/psalms/94-4.htm">Insolence</a> <a href="/psalms/86-14.htm">Insolent</a> <a href="/psalms/82-2.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/psalms/105-18.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-15.htm">Necks</a> <a href="/psalms/136-12.htm">Outstretched</a> <a href="/psalms/86-14.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/psalms/81-2.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Stiff</a> <a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 75</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/75-1.htm">The prophet praises God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/75-2.htm">He promises to judge uprightly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">He rebukes the proud by consideration of God's providence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/75-9.htm">He praises God, and promises to execute justice.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/psalms/75.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Do not lift up your horn</b><br />The phrase "lift up your horn" is a metaphor derived from the imagery of animals, particularly those with horns like bulls or rams, which use their horns as a symbol of strength and dominance. In the Hebrew context, the "horn" (Hebrew: "qeren") symbolizes power, pride, and self-exaltation. The admonition here is against arrogance and self-promotion. Historically, the horn was also used as a symbol of authority and kingship, as seen in various ancient Near Eastern cultures. The psalmist warns against the human tendency to assert one's own power and pride in defiance of God's sovereignty.<p><b>against heaven</b><br />The term "against heaven" indicates a rebellion or defiance against God, who resides in the heavens. In the biblical worldview, heaven is the realm of God's authority and majesty. To lift one's horn "against heaven" is to challenge divine authority, an act of hubris that is consistently condemned throughout Scripture. This phrase serves as a reminder of the futility of human pride when set against the omnipotence of God. It echoes the biblical theme that true power and authority belong to God alone, and any attempt to usurp this is both foolish and doomed to fail.<p><b>or speak with an outstretched neck</b><br />The imagery of an "outstretched neck" conveys arrogance and haughtiness. In Hebrew culture, the neck is often associated with one's attitude or disposition. An "outstretched neck" (Hebrew: "marom tsavvar") suggests a posture of pride and defiance, akin to someone who is stiff-necked or unyielding. This phrase warns against the prideful speech that often accompanies a rebellious heart. Throughout Scripture, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (<a href="/james/4-6.htm">James 4:6</a>). The historical context of this admonition would resonate with the Israelites, who were repeatedly cautioned against the dangers of pride and self-reliance, urging them instead to trust in God's wisdom and guidance.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/75.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Lift not up your horn.</span>--The "horn" is a symbol of <span class= "ital">honour </span>(<a href="/psalms/112-9.htm" title="He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.">Psalm 112:9</a>); of <span class= "ital">strength </span>(<a href="/micah/4-13.htm" title="Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass: and you shall beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain to the LORD, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.">Micah 4:13</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm" title="His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.">Deuteronomy 33:17</a>). The figure is taken from horned animals. (See <a href="/1_samuel/2-1.htm" title="And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoices in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies; because I rejoice in your salvation.">1Samuel 2:1</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm" title="The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder on them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.">1Samuel 2:10</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">With a stiff neck.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">with the neck proudly or wantonly raised.</span> . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/75.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Lift not up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck</span>. The phrase, "a stiff neck," common in the Pentateuch (<a href="/exodus/32-9.htm">Exodus 32:9</a>; <a href="/exodus/33-3.htm">Exodus 33:3, 5</a>; <a href="/exodus/34-9.htm">Exodus 34:9</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/9-6.htm">Deuteronomy 9:6, 13</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/31-27.htm">Deuteronomy 31:27</a>), is rare elsewhere. It expresses pride, arrogance, and obstinacy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/75-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Do not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lift up</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּרִ֣ימוּ</span> <span class="translit">(tā·rî·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your horn</span><br /><span class="heb">קַרְנְכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(qar·nə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7161.htm">Strong's 7161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against heaven</span><br /><span class="heb">לַמָּר֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(lam·mā·rō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4791.htm">Strong's 4791: </a> </span><span class="str2">Altitude</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or speak</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּדַבְּר֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḏab·bə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with an outstretched</span><br /><span class="heb">עָתָֽק׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ṯāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6277.htm">Strong's 6277: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forward, arrogant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">neck.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">בְצַוָּ֣אר</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ṣaw·wār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6677.htm">Strong's 6677: </a> </span><span class="str2">The back of the neck</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/75-5.htm">Psalm 75:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/75-5.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 75:5 Don't lift up your horn on high (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/75-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 75:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 75:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/75-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 75:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 75:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>