Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning 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.
NET Bible
Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot 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 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals. 5 Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!
Cross References
Psalm 45:5
Thy arrows are sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee, even in the midst among the king's enemies.
Deuteronomy 32:23-24
I will heap mischiefs upon them and will spend all mine arrows at them.
Psalm 7:13
He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalm 52:5
Therefore shall God destroy thee forever; he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalm 57:4
I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?
Psalm 140:9-11
Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about.
Proverbs 11:9
Through the mouth of the dissembler is his neighbour destroyed; but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Proverbs 11:12
A fool bringeth up a slander of his neighbour; but a wise man will keep it secret.
Proverbs 11:18
The labour of the ungodly prospereth not; but he that showeth righteousness, shall receive a sure reward.
Proverbs 12:22
The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him.
Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly person stirreth up evil; and in his lips he is as a hot burning fire.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a slanderer are very wounds, and go through unto the inmost parts of the body.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life stand in the power of the tongue; he that loveth it, shall enjoy the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not remain unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not remain unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
James 3:5-8
even so the tongue is little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a thing a little fire kindleth,
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."