Psalms 64:8
What does Psalms 64:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 64:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they cause him to stumble, Against them <FI>is<Fi> their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 59:12
Forthe sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
- Nahum 3:7
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
- 1 Samuel 31:3
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
- Jeremiah 18:16
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
- Luke 19:22
He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;
- Numbers 16:34
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
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