Psalm 64:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

They sharpen their tongues like swords. They aim bitter words like arrows(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

ASV:

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

BBE:

Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

DBY:

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

ERV:

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:

JPS:

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;

WBS:

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

WEB:

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

YLT:

Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.

Psalm 64:3 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 58:7 Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.

Psalm 140:3 They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] {d} bitter words:
(d) False reports and slanders.

MHC:

64:1-6 The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from disquieting fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they cannot speak peaceably either of him or to him. There is no guard against a false tongue. It is bad to do wrong, but worse to encourage ourselves and one another in it. It is a sign that the heart is hardened to the greatest degree, when it is thus fully set to do evil. A practical disbelief of God's knowledge of all things, is at the bottom of every wickedness. The benefit of a good cause and a good conscience, appears most when nothing can help a man against his enemies, save God alone, who is always a present help.

CONC:

Aim Aimed Arrow Arrows Bend Bitter Bows Deadly Directed Pointed Poisoned Sharp Sharpen Sharpened Shoot Speech Sword Swords Tongue Tongues Whet

Aim Arrow Arrows Bend Bitter Bows Deadly Directed Pointed Poisoned Sharp Sharpen Sharpened Shoot Speech Sword Swords Tongue Tongues Whet Word Words

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