Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.
New American Standard Bible
When he
King James Version
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Holman Bible
they will aim their useless arrows.
International Standard Version
May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.
A Conservative Version
Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,
American Standard Version
Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
Amplified
Let them flow away like water that runs off;
When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.
Darby Translation
Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:
Julia Smith Translation
They shall melt away as water shall go about to them: he will bend his arrow, they shall be as cut off.
King James 2000
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let them run [away] like water [that] runs off. [When] he bends [the bow], let his arrows [be] as though they were cut off.
Modern King James verseion
Let them melt away like waters; they run off to them; he bends his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let them fall away like water that runneth a pace; and when they shoot their arrows, let them be rooted out.
NET Bible
Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!
New Heart English Bible
Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
The Emphasized Bible
Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like grass let them be cut down:
Webster
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
World English Bible
Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
Youngs Literal Translation
They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 58:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Against Injustice
6 O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord. 7 Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way. 8 Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 7:5
The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.
Psalm 112:10
The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
Psalm 64:3
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
Isaiah 13:7
For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water;
Exodus 15:15
The chiefs of Edom were troubled in heart; the strong men of Moab were in the grip of fear: all the people of Canaan became like water.
Joshua 2:9-11
And said to them, It is clear to me that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has come on us;
2 Samuel 17:10
Then even the strongest, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will become like water; for all Israel is conscious that your father is a man of war, and those who are with him are strong and without fear.
Psalm 22:14
I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
Psalm 64:7-8
But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.