Parallel Verses
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,
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 his arrows and quickly wound them.
8
All who see them will
Cross References
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his ruin. His lips are the snares of his life.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. The righteous will depart from trouble.
Psalm 22:7
All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say:
Numbers 16:34
All the Israelites around them ran away when they heard their screams. They thought the ground would swallow them, also.
1 Samuel 31:3-7
The heaviest fighting was against Saul. When the archers got him in their range, he was badly wounded by them.
Job 15:6
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine! Your own lips testify against you.
Psalm 9:3
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before you.
Psalm 31:11
I have become a disgrace because of all my opponents. I have become someone dreaded by my friends, even by my neighbors. Those who see me on the street run away from me.
Psalm 52:6
The righteous also sees, and fears, and laughs at him. They say:
Psalm 59:12
This is because of the sins from their mouths and the words on their lips. Let them be trapped by their own arrogance because they speak curses and lies.
Psalm 140:9
Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats.
Jeremiah 18:16
They make their land desolation. It becomes an object of perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and shake his head.
Jeremiah 48:27
Moab, remember how you made fun of the people of Israel? You treated them as though they had been caught with a gang of robbers.
Nahum 3:7
And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is devastated: who will weep for her? Where will I get comforters for her?
Matthew 21:41
They all said: He will put those cruel men to death. Then he will find other workmen who are worthy and who will give him fruit when it is ready.
Luke 19:22
He said to him: Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an austere 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, say: Come out of her, my people, that you do not partake of her sins, and that you do not receive her plagues!
Revelation 18:10
They will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, and say: 'Woe, woe to the great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'