Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?
New American Standard Bible
For, they say, “
King James Version
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Holman Bible
sharp words from
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”
International Standard Version
Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"
A Conservative Version
Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for [they say], Who hears?
American Standard Version
Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who,'say they , doth hear?
Amplified
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”
Bible in Basic English
See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
Darby Translation
Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, they will gush out with their mouth: swords in their lips: for who heard?
King James 2000
Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, they pour out [talk] with their mouth. Swords [are] on their lips, for [they say], "Who hears?"
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?
NET Bible
Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?"
New Heart English Bible
Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords, are in their lips, For say they , Who doth hear?
Webster
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
World English Bible
Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords are in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
6 They return at evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go around the city. 7 Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears? 8 But You, O Jehovah, shall laugh at them; You will mock at all the nations.
Cross References
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among those on fire, the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 10:11
He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will not see forever!
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
Psalm 73:11
And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Proverbs 12:18
There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Job 22:12-13
Is not God high in Heaven? And behold the leading stars, for they are high.
Psalm 10:13
Why do the wicked condemn God? He has said in his heart, You will not judge.
Psalm 55:21
The butterings of his mouth were forked, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 64:3-5
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
Psalm 94:4
They gush; they speak impudent things; all the workers of iniquity speak proudly.
Psalm 94:7-9
Yet they say, Jehovah shall not see, nor shall the God of Jacob observe it.
Psalm 109:2-3
for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they spoke against me with a lying tongue.
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studies to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Jeremiah 33:24
Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah has chosen, He has even cast them off? So they have despised My people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
Matthew 12:34
Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.