Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Parallel translations
- KJV So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- BSB They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- NKJV So He will make them stumble over their own tongue; All who see them shall flee away.
- NASB So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake their heads.
- NLT Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
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- Prov 18:7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Prov 12:13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
- Ps 140:9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- Jer 48:27For wasn’t Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.
- Nah 3:7It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”
- Luke 19:22“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
- Job 15:6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
- Ps 22:7All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
- Ps 31:11Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
- Matt 21:41They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season.”
- Jer 18:16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
- Rev 18:10standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’
- 1 Sam 31:3–7The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
- Ps 52:6The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
- Ps 9:3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
- Ps 59:12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
- Rev 18:4I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,
- Num 16:34All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
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