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


In Context

4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

5 which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.

6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

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

8 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away 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 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 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.