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Psalms 64:4

Psalms chapter 64 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

v.4This passage

v.5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

Cross references

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

  • Habakkuk 3:14

    Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

  • Psalms 59:3

    For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

  • Psalms 64:7

    But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

  • 2 Samuel 15:14

    And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

  • 1 Peter 2:22

    who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

  • Psalms 10:8

    He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.