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


In Context

1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

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

4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

64:3They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.

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 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: