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Psalm 59:6–7

Each evening they kcome back,

howling like dogs

and prowling about the city.

There they are, lbellowing with their mouths

with mswords in their lips—

for n“Who,” they think,2 “will hear us?”

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Psalm 59:6–7 — The New International Version (NIV)

They return at evening,

snarling like dogs,

and prowl about the city.

See what they spew from their mouths—

the words from their lips are sharp as swords,

and they think, “Who can hear us?”

Psalm 59:6–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

They return at evening:

They make a noise like a dog,

And go round about the city.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth:

Swords are in their lips:

For who, say they, doth hear?

Psalm 59:6–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

They come out at night,

snarling like vicious dogs

as they prowl the streets.

Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths;

their words cut like swords.

“After all, who can hear us?” they sneer.

Psalm 59:6–7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

At evening they return,

They growl like a dog,

And go all around the city.

Indeed, they belch with their mouth;

Swords are in their lips;

For they say, “Who hears?”

Psalm 59:6–7 — New Century Version (NCV)

They come back at night.

Like dogs they growl and roam around the city.

Notice what comes from their mouths.

Insults come from their lips,

because they say, “Who’s listening?”

Psalm 59:6–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

They return at evening, they howl like a dog,

And go round about the city.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth;

Swords are in their lips:

For who, say they, doth hear?

Psalm 59:6–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city: Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?

Psalm 59:6–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

They return in the evening. 

They howl like dogs. 

They prowl the city. 

See what pours out of their mouths— 

swords from their lips! 

⸤They think,⸥ “Who will hear us?” 

Psalm 59:6–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

They return at evening, snarling like dogs

and prowling around the city.

Look, they spew from their mouths—

sharp words from their lips.

“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

Psalm 59:6–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Each evening they come back,

howling like dogs

and prowling about the city.

There they are, bellowing with their mouths,

with sharp words on their lips—

for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”

Psalm 59:6–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

They return at evening; they howl like dogs

while they prowl the city.

Look, they pour out talk with their mouth.

Swords are on their lips,

for they say, “Who hears?”

Psalm 59:6–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

My enemies are like a pack of barking dogs

that come back to the city in the evening.

They prowl around the city.

Listen to what pours out of their mouths.

The words from their lips are like swords.

They think, “Who can hear us?”

Psalm 59:6–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

They return at evening, they howl like a dog,

And go around the city.

Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;

Swords are in their lips,

For, they say,Who hears?”


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