who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Parallel translations
- KJV Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- BSB who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
- NKJV Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
- NASB Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,
- NLT They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 57:4My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Jer 9:3“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood; and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
- Jas 3:6–8And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
- Ps 58:7Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
- Prov 12:18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
- Isa 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
- Ps 11:2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
- Prov 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
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