Psalm 116:11
New International Version
in my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”

New Living Translation
In my anxiety I cried out to you, “These people are all liars!”

English Standard Version
I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.”

Berean Standard Bible
In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”

King James Bible
I said in my haste, All men are liars.

New King James Version
I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

New American Standard Bible
I said in my alarm, “All people are liars.”

NASB 1995
I said in my alarm, “All men are liars.”

NASB 1977
I said in my alarm, “All men are liars.”

Legacy Standard Bible
I said in my alarm, “All men are liars.”

Amplified Bible
I said in my alarm, “All men are liars.”

Christian Standard Bible
In my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In my alarm I said,” Everyone is a liar.”

American Standard Version
I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have said in my agitation, "Every man is false!"

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar.

Contemporary English Version
though in my confusion I said, "I can't trust anyone!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

English Revised Version
I said in my haste, All men are a lie.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I also said when I was panic-stricken, "Everyone is undependable."

Good News Translation
even when I was afraid and said, "No one can be trusted."

International Standard Version
and speak hastily, "All people are liars!"

JPS Tanakh 1917
I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.'

Literal Standard Version
I said in my haste, “Every man [is] a liar.”

Majority Standard Bible
In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”

New American Bible
I said in my alarm, “All men are liars!”

NET Bible
I rashly declared, "All men are liars."

New Revised Standard Version
I said in my consternation, “Everyone is a liar.”

New Heart English Bible
I said in my haste, "All men are liars."

Webster's Bible Translation
I said in my haste, All men are liars.

World English Bible
I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”

Young's Literal Translation
I said in my haste, 'Every man is a liar.'

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Context
The LORD Has Heard My Voice
10I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” 11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!” 12How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?…

Cross References
Romans 3:4
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: "So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge."

Psalm 31:22
In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from Your sight!" But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

Psalm 62:9
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.


Treasury of Scripture

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

in my

Psalm 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

all

2 Kings 4:16
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

Jeremiah 9:4,5
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders…

Romans 3:4
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

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Psalm 116
1. The psalmist professes his love and duty to God for his deliverance
12. He studies to be thankful














Verse 11. - I said in my haste, All men are liars. The connection of the thoughts is not apparent, unless God's faithfulness (vers. 5-8) suggests man's unfaithfulness.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In my alarm
בְחָפְזִ֑י (ḇə·ḥā·p̄ə·zî)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2648: To start up suddenly, to hasten away, to fear

I
אֲ֭נִי (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

said,
אָמַ֣רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“All
כָּֽל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

men
הָאָדָ֥ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

[are] liars!”
כֹּזֵֽב׃ (kō·zêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3576: To lie, be a liar


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