Psalms 140:3 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.

English ASV

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders poison is under their lips. Selah

English Amplified

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent's; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [Rom. 3:13.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent's; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [Rom. 3:13.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They make their tongues as sharp as a snake’s bite; viper’s venom is under their lips. Selah

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

English EASY 2024

Their words hurt people, like the tongue of a snake. They bite with poison, like a dangerous snake.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Their words are as harmful as the fangs of a snake, as deadly as its venom. Selah

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Their tongues are like deadly snakes; their words are like a cobra's poison.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's {fang}. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes. Selah

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's bite; viper's venom is under their lips. Selah

English KJV 1611

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

English LSB

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of an asp is under their lips. Selah.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s; under their lips is the venom of vipers. Selah

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

From those who plan evil in their hearts, who stir up conflicts every day,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Their tongues are as deadly as the tongue of a serpent. The words from their lips are like the poison of a snake. Selah

English NIV

They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. Selah

English NKJ 1982

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips.

English NLT

Their tongues sting like a snake; the poison of a viper drips from their lips.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They make their tongue sharp as a snake's, and under their lips is the venom of vipers. Selah

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

They are known for their sharp rhetoric of poisonous, hateful words.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the poison of vipers.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Their words sting like poisonous snakes.

English Tyndale 1537

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent: adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Psalms 140:3 — Compare Translations