Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

So they will make him stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will shake the head.

King James Version

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

Holman Bible

They will be made to stumble;
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.

The Emphasized Bible

When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

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.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Protection From Evildoers

7 But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly. 8 So they will make him stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will shake the head.
9 Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

Psalm 22:7

All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;

Numbers 16:34

And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!"

1 Samuel 31:3-7

The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was badly wounded by the archers.

Job 15:6

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; your own lips testify against you.

Psalm 9:3

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.

Psalm 31:11

Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.

Psalm 52:6

The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

Psalm 59:12

For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,

Psalm 140:9

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

Jeremiah 18:16

making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.

Jeremiah 48:27

Was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head?

Nahum 3:7

And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her? Where shall I seek comforters for you?

Matthew 21:41

They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."

Luke 19:22

He said to him, 'I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;

Revelation 18:10

They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, "Alas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come."

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