Parallel Verses
King James Version
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
New American Standard Bible
All who see them will
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.
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.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 64:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Evildoers
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Psalm 22:7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Numbers 16:34
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
1 Samuel 31:3-7
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Psalm 9:3
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
Psalm 31:11
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Psalm 52:6
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Psalm 59:12
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Psalm 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Jeremiah 48:27
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
Nahum 3:7
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Matthew 21:41
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Luke 19:22
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Revelation 18:10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.