Psalms 140:3

In 11 translations

BSB

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. SelahCited in Romans 3:13

KJV

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

WEB

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.

ASV

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders’ poison is under their lips. [Selah

LSV

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, || Poison of a viper [is] under their lips. Selah.

YLT

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.

DBY

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

DRC139:4

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.

GNV

They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

JPS140:4

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips. Selah

LXXE139:4

They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.

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Original-language editions

WLC140:4

שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשׁוֹנָם֮ כְּֽמוֹ־נָ֫חָ֥שׁ חֲמַ֥ת עַכְשׁ֑וּב תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.140.3

LXX-Br139:4

Ἠκόνησαν γλῶσσαν αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ὄφεως, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν· διάψαλμα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 58:4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
• Romans 3:13–14“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.” “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
• 2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
• Proverbs 23:32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
• Jeremiah 9:5Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
• Isaiah 59:3–5For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas;…
• Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
• James 3:6–8The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles,…
• Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Isaiah 59:13rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
• Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
• Genesis 3:13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
• Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Psalms 52:2–3Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
• Psalms 64:3–4who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
• Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

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