Psalms 64:3

Psalms chapter 64 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

v.3This passage

v.4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth areasswords, and their jaw teethasknives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.