Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
They sharpened their tongue as a serpent; the poison of asps under their lips. Silence,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Holman Bible
as sharp as a snake’s bite;
viper’s venom is under their lips.
International Standard Version
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Interlude
A Conservative Version
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
American Standard Version
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders poison is under their lips. Selah
Amplified
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips.
Bible in Basic English
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
King James 2000
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They sharpen their tongue as [sharp as] a snake's; [the] venom of a viper [is] under their lips. Selah
Modern King James verseion
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
NET Bible
Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent, - The poison of the asp, is under their lips. Selah.
Webster
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison is under their lips. Selah.
World English Bible
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.
Themes
Asp » Venom of, illustrates the speech of the wicked
or adder Asp » (venom of), of the speech of the wicked
Serpents » Evil men compared to
Serpents » Illustrative » (sharp tongue of,) of malice of the wicked
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 140:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
2 Who reckoned evils in the heart; all the day they will gather together wars. 3 They sharpened their tongue as a serpent; the poison of asps under their lips. Silence, 4 Watch me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the unjust one; from the man of violences wilt thou guard me; who purposed to overthrow my steps.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 58:4
Wrath to them according to the likeness of the wrath of a serpent: as the deaf adder will stop its ear;
Psalm 57:4
My soul is in the midst of lions: I shall lie down with the flaming, the sons of man, their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.
Psalm 52:2-3
Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they will gush out with their mouth: swords in their lips: for who heard?
Psalm 64:3-4
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, they bent their arrows a bitter word:
Proverbs 12:18
There is he talking idly as the piercings of the sword: and the tongue of the wise is healing.
Proverbs 23:32
Its latter state it will bite as serpent, and sting as a viper.
Isaiah 59:3-5
For your hands were polluted with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips spake falsehood, your tongue will mutter evil.
Isaiah 59:13
Transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing from after our God, speaking violence and apostasy, they conceived and muttered from the heart words of falsehood.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they will bend their tongue, their bow, a lie: and they were not strong for faithfulness upon the land; for from evil to evil they went forth, and they knew me not, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 9:5
And they will mock, a man upon his neighbor, and they will not speak the truth: they taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they wearied themselves to sin.
Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the month speaks.
Romans 3:13-14
Their throat an opened tomb; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps under their lips:
2 Corinthians 11:3
And I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which in Christ.
James 3:6-8
(And the tongue a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is placed in our members, defiling the whole body, and burning the wheel of creation; and burned by hell.