Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.
New American Standard Bible
With the burning
King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Holman Bible
with burning charcoal!
International Standard Version
Like a sharp arrow from a warrior, along with fiery coals from juniper trees!
A Conservative Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
American Standard Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
Amplified
Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the
Darby Translation
Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.
Julia Smith Translation
Arrows of the strong one sharpened with burning coals of broom.
King James 2000
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] sharpened arrows of a warrior, with burning charcoals from broom trees.
Modern King James verseion
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.
New Heart English Bible
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
The Emphasized Bible
The arrows of the hero sharpened, with burning coals of broom.
Webster
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
World English Bible
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 120:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry For Truth And Peace
3 How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker? 4 Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals. 5 How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.
Cross References
Psalm 45:5
Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet.
Deuteronomy 32:23-24
I will increase their disasters, I will use up my arrows on them.
Psalm 7:13
He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.
Psalm 52:5
Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)
Psalm 57:4
I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
Psalm 59:7
Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?"
Psalm 140:9-11
As for the heads of those who surround me -- may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!
Proverbs 11:9
With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
Proverbs 11:12
The one who denounces his neighbor lacks wisdom, but the one who has discernment keeps silent.
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
Proverbs 12:22
The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.
Proverbs 16:27
A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person's innermost being.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.
James 3:5-8
So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."