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NET Bible

Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

New American Standard Bible

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

King James Version

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Holman Bible

They make their tongues
as sharp as a snake’s bite;
viper’s venom is under their lips.Selah

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. Selah.

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.

Julia Smith Translation

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent; the poison of asps under their lips. Silence,

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.

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.

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Context Readings

Prayer For Rescue

2 who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict. 3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah) 4 O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

Cross References

Psalm 58:4

Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

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.

Genesis 3:13

So the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman replied, "The serpent tricked me, and I ate."

Psalm 52:2-3

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Psalm 59:7

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?"

Psalm 64:3-4

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

Proverbs 12:18

Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

Proverbs 23:32

Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

Isaiah 59:3-5

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

Isaiah 59:13

We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.

Jeremiah 9:3

The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

Jeremiah 9:5

One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.

Matthew 12:34

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

Romans 3:13-14

"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

James 3:6-8

And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence -- and is set on fire by hell.

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