Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 will shoot them; with an arrow they will suddenly be wounded. 8 And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake. 9 And then all men will fear, and will declare the working of God, and will understand his doing.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 12:13
By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
Psalm 22:7
All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]:
Numbers 16:34
All Israel who [were] around them fled at their cry, because they said, "Lest the land swallow us up!"
1 Samuel 31:3-7
{Saul was in the thick of the battle}, and {the archers} spotted him, and he [was] badly wounded by the archers.
Job 15:6
Your mouth condemns you, and not I; and your lips testify against you.
Psalm 9:3
When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish because of your presence.
Psalm 31:11
Because of all my adversaries I have become a disgrace, especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. [Those who] see me in the street flee from me.
Psalm 52:6
And [the] righteous will see and fear, and will laugh at him, [saying],
Psalm 59:12
[By] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips, even in their pride, let them be trapped, and for [the] curses and lies they proclaim.
Psalm 140:9
[With respect to the] head of [those who] surround me, may the harm of their lips cover them.
Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land a horror, [an object of] whistling for eternity. All [who] pass by it will be appalled, and he will shake his head.
Jeremiah 48:27
Now [was] not Israel the laughingstock to you? Or was he found among thieves? For {as often as} you spoke over him you shook [your head].
Nahum 3:7
"And it will be that everyone who sees you will flee from you, And {they} will say, 'Nineveh is destroyed!' Who will mourn for her? From whence shall I seek comforters for you?"
Matthew 21:41
They said to him, "He will destroy those evil [men] completely and lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruits in their season."
Luke 19:22
He said to him, '{By your own words} I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out from her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins, and so that you will not receive her plagues,
Revelation 18:10
standing {far off} because of the fear of her torment, saying, "Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon the powerful city, because in one hour your judgment has come!"