Psalms 64:3
“Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bowes to shoote their arrowes, euen bitter words:”
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Psalms 64:3 Context
1[To the chiefe musician, a Psalme of Dauid.] Heare my voice, O God, in my praier; preserue my life from feare of the enemie. 2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked: from the insurrection of the workers of iniquitie: 3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bowes to shoote their arrowes, euen bitter words: 4That they may shoote in secret at the perfect: suddenly doe they shoote at him, and feare not. 5They incourage themselues in an euill matter: they commune of laying snares priuily; they say, Who shall see them?
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Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
- King James Version
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech {as} their arrow,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
- American Standard Version (1901)
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
- Basic English Bible
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
- Darby Bible
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Webster's Bible
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
- World English Bible
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(64:4) Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible