7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.


In Context

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

8 Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

Psalm 58:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

58:7Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

58:7They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

58:7Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

58:7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

58:7Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

58:7They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

58:7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.