The Hurtful Tongue

Psalms 64:3

In 11 translations

BSB: who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
KJV: 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,
ASV: Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
LSV: Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, || They directed their arrow—a bitter word.
YLT: Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
DBY: Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
DRC63:4: For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
GNV: Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
JPS64:4: Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
LXXE63:4: who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;

WLC64:4: אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַחֶ֣רֶב לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם דָּרְכ֥וּ חִ֝צָּ֗ם דָּבָ֥ר מָֽר׃KJV:Ps.64.3
LXX-Br63:4: Οἵτινες ἠκόνησαν ὡς ῥομφαίαν τὰς γλώσσας αὐτῶν, ἐνέτειναν τόξον πρᾶγμα πικρὸν,

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

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,…
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.
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.
Psalms 58:7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Psalms 11:2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

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