Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
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,
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 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity. 3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word. 4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
Cross References
Psalm 58:7
They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
Psalm 11:2
For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is in the midst of lions, I lie down among flames -- sons of men, Their teeth are a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 12:18
A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
Proverbs 30:14
A generation -- swords are their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue, their bow is a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
James 3:6-8
and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.