Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
So they shall be confounded; their tongue falls on themselves; everyone seeing them shall flee.
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 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 they shall be wounded. 8 So they shall be confounded; their tongue falls on themselves; everyone seeing them shall flee. 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall in wisdom think 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 who see Me mock me; they shoot out the lip; they shake the head, saying,
Numbers 16:34
And all Israel around them fled at their cry. For they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
1 Samuel 31:3-7
And the battle went hard against Saul. And the archers hit him, and he was sorely wounded by the archers.
Job 15:6
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; yes, your own lips testify against you.
Psalm 9:3
When my enemies have turned back, they shall fall and perish before You.
Psalm 31:11
I was a reproach among all my foes, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my friends; those who saw me outside fled from me.
Psalm 52:6
And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
Psalm 59:12
For the sin of their mouth is the word of their lips, even let them be taken in their pride; and for cursing and the lying which they speak.
Psalm 140:9
As for the head of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them.
Jeremiah 18:16
to make their land desolate and a hissing forever. Everyone who passes by will be amazed, and will wag his head.
Jeremiah 48:27
For was not Israel a mockery to you? Was he found among thieves? For ever since you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.
Nahum 3:7
And it shall be that all those who look upon you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste; who will weep for her? From where shall I seek comforters for you?
Matthew 21:41
They said to Him, Bad men! He will miserably destroy them and will rent out his vineyard to other vinedressers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.
Luke 19:22
And he said to him, I will judge you out of your own mouth, wicked servant! You knew that I was a harsh man, taking up what I had not laid down and reaping what I did not sow.
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from Heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that you may not be partakers of her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues.
Revelation 18:10
standing afar off for fear of her torment, saying, Woe! Woe to the great city, Babylon, that strong city! For in one hour your judgment came.