Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
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,
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 at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow. 8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads. 9 All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Psalm 22:7
All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
Numbers 16:34
All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up."
1 Samuel 31:3-7
The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of 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 turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
Psalm 31:11
Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
Psalm 52:6
The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
Psalm 59:12
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
Psalm 140:9
As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Jeremiah 18:16
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
Jeremiah 48:27
For wasn't Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.
Nahum 3:7
It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste. Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?"
Matthew 21:41
They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."
Luke 19:22
"He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow.
Revelation 18:4
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you do not receive of her plagues,
Revelation 18:10
standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city. For your judgment has come in one hour.'