3They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.


In Context

1 Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers.

3 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.

4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.

5 They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, "Who will see them ?"

Psalms 64:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

64:3Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

64:3For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

64:3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

64:3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

64:3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

64:3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

64:3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

64:3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

64:3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: