Parallel Verses
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,
A Conservative Version
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
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 plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers,
3
They
Cross References
Psalm 58:7
Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
Psalm 11:2
for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
Psalm 57:4
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts-- the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Proverbs 12:18
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 30:14
There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind.
Isaiah 54:17
no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD."
Jeremiah 9:3
They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the LORD.
James 3:6-8
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.