Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
New American Standard Bible
They
King James Version
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Holman Bible
and aim bitter words like arrows,
International Standard Version
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
American Standard Version
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Amplified
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aim venomous words as arrows,
Bible in Basic English
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
Darby Translation
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
Julia Smith Translation
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, they bent their arrows a bitter word:
King James 2000
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Lexham Expanded Bible
who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend [their bow to shoot] their arrows--bitter words,
Modern King James verseion
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words,
NET Bible
They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
New Heart English Bible
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
The Emphasized Bible
Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow - a bitter word;
Webster
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
World English Bible
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Youngs Literal Translation
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
Themes
Arrows » Illustrative » Of bitter words
Slander » Instances of » Of david, by his enemies
Swords » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 64:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Evildoers
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumult of the workers of iniquity, 3 who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, 4 that they may shoot in secret places at a blameless man. Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Cross References
Psalm 58:7
Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,
Psalm 11:2
For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 12:18
There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw teeth, knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of LORD, and their righteousness which is of me, says LORD.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.
James 3:6-8
And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.