Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.
New American Standard Bible
All who see them will
King James Version
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Holman Bible
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.
International Standard Version
They tripped over their own tongues, and everyone who was watching ran away.
A Conservative Version
So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head.
American Standard Version
So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
Amplified
So they will be caused to stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].
Bible in Basic English
The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
Darby Translation
By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will cause their tongue to falter upon themselves: all looking upon them shall be moved.
King James 2000
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake.
Modern King James verseion
So they shall be confounded; their tongue falls on themselves; everyone seeing them shall flee.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, insomuch that whoso seeth them, shall laugh them to scorn.
NET Bible
Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
New Heart English Bible
Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Webster
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
World English Bible
Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 64:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Evildoers
7 Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds! 8 When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight. 9 Therefore have all men feared, - And have told the doing of God, And, his work, have considered.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a dullard, is his ruin, and, his lips, are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 12:13
By the transgression of the lips, is the wicked man, ensnared, but the righteous, cometh out of distress.
Psalm 22:7
All that see me, laugh at me, - They open wide the mouth, They shake the head: -
Numbers 16:34
And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry, - for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
1 Samuel 31:3-7
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers discovered him, - and he was terrified at the archers.
Job 15:6
Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.
Psalm 9:3
When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;
Psalm 31:11
By reason of all mine adversaries, have I become a reproach. Even to my neighbours, altogether, and a dread to mine acquaintance, - They who have seen me abroad, have fled from me:
Psalm 52:6
The righteous shall both see and fear, And, over him, shall laugh:
Psalm 59:12
The sin of their mouth, The word of their lips, Let them then be captured in their pride, Both for the oath and for the deception they record.
Psalm 140:9
As for the head of them who surround me, Let the mischief of their lips cover them:
Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land a desolation The hissings of age-abiding times, - Every one that passeth by her, shall be astonished and wag his head.
Jeremiah 48:27
And was it not, a derision, that Israel became to thee? And was it not among thieves, he was found? For, as often as thou didst speak of him, thou didst wag the head!
Nahum 3:7
And it shall come to pass that, all who see thee, shall flee from thee, and shall say, Destroyed is Nineveh! Who will bemoan her? - Whence shall I seek any to comfort thee?
Matthew 21:41
They say unto him - Miserable men! Miserably, will he destroy them; and will let out, the vineyard, to other husbandmen, who will render unto him the fruits in their seasons.
Luke 19:22
He saith to him - Out of thy mouth, do I judge thee, O wicked servant! Thou knewest that, I, a harsh man, am, - taking up, what I laid not down, and reaping, what I did not sow;
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying - Come forth, my people, out of her, - that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues, that ye may not receive;
Revelation 18:10
afar off, standing, because of their fear of her torment, saying - Alas! alas! the great city! Babylon, the mighty city! That, in one hour, hath come thy judgment.