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The Hurtful Tongue

Psalms 64:7

In 11 translations

BSB
But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
KJV
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.shall they…: Heb. their wound shall be
WEB
But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
ASV
But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
LSV
And God shoots them [with] an arrow, || Their wounds have been sudden,
YLT
And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
DBY
But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;Elohim
DRC63:8
And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
GNV
But God will shoote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shalbe at once.
JPS64:8
But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.
LXXE63:8
and God shall be exalted, their wounds were caused by the weapon of the foolish children,

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Original-language editions

WLC64:8
וַיֹּרֵ֗ם אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֥ץ פִּתְא֑וֹם הָ֝י֗וּ מַכּוֹתָֽם׃KJV:Ps.64.7
LXX-Br63:8
καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὁ Θεός· βέλος νηπίων ἐγενήθησαν αἱ πληγαὶ αὐτῶν,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 7:12–13If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
  • Proverbs 6:15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and…
  • Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
  • Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
  • Deuteronomy 32:42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
  • Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  • 1 Chronicles 10:3–7When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him. Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But…
  • Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
  • Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
  • Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
  • 1 Kings 22:34However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am…
  • Lamentations 3:12–13He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
  • Matthew 24:50–51The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and…
  • Matthew 24:40Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
  • Psalms 64:4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

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  • 64:8 in some Bibles
  • 64:7 in most Bibles

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