Psalms 64:3 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
English ASV
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
English Amplified
Who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows,
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows,
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
English EASY 2024
Their tongues are like sharp swords that hurt people. Their cruel words are like arrows that they shoot at people.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
They sharpen their tongues to use like swords. They aim their poisonous words like arrows.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
English GNT (Good News Translation)
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like arrows.
English God's Word - GW 1995
They sharpen their tongues like swords. They aim bitter words like arrows
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,
English KJV 1611
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
English LSB
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
who sharpen their tongues like a sword, and aim bitter words like arrows,
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Hide me from the malicious crowd, the mob of evildoers.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
They make their tongues like sharp swords. They aim their words like deadly arrows.
English NIV
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.
English NKJ 1982
Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
English NLT
Sharp tongues are the swords they wield; bitter words are the arrows they aim.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Can’t you hear their slander, their lies? Their words are like poison-tipped arrows shot from the shadows. They are unafraid and have no fear of consequences.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
They cut me down with sharpened tongues; they aim their bitter words like arrows straight at my heart.
English Tyndale 1537
Which whet their tongues like a sword, and shoot with venomous words like as with arrows.