KJV King James Version
Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
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Psalm 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
WEB World English Bible
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
ASV American Standard Version
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.
Surrounding context — Psalm 64
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
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Psalm 58:7Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.Psalm 57:4My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.James 3:6-8And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.Psalm 11:2For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.Proverbs 30:14[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
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