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


In Context

4 Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

5 Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

6 God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.

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

8 Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.

9 Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.

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 American Standard 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 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.