2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thy enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.


In Context

1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thy enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Psalm 8:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:2From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the avenger.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, because of thine adversaries, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger.