Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: Treasury of Scripture whet Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows... Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Proverbs 30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth... Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn... Jeremiah 9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth... James 3:6-8 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body... bend Psalm 11:2 For, see, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow on the string, that they may privately shoot at the upright in heart. Psalm 58:7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Context Hear My Voice in My Complaint
1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privately; they say, Who shall see them? 6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. 7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. 8So they shall make their own tongue to fall on themselves: all that see them shall flee away. 9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. 10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Douay-Rheims Bible
For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
Darby Bible Translation
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
King James Bible
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Young's Literal Translation
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
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