Psalms 64:3

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

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

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

Cross-references

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Psalms 58:7 "Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt."
Jeremiah 9:3 "“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil t…"
Psalms 57:4 "My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue …"
James 3:6-8 "And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the cours…"
Psalms 11:2 "For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart."
Proverbs 12:18 "There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals."
Isaiah 54:17 "No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heri…"
Proverbs 30:14 "There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from amon…"

Commentary

Similar figures for slander (Psa 57:4; Psa 59:7). bend--literally, "tread," or, "prepared." The allusion is to the mode of bending a bow by treading on it; here, and in Psa 58:7, transferred to arrows.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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