Jeremiah 9:8
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9:8Their tongues are like deadly arrows.21
They are always telling lies.22
Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths.
But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.23
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- 21 This reading follows the Masoretic consonants (the Kethib, a Qal active participle from שָׁחַט, shakhat). The Masoretes preferred to read “a sharpened arrow” (the Qere, a Qal passive participle from the same root or a homonym, meaning “hammered, beaten”). See II שָׁחַט for discussion. The exact meaning of the word makes little difference to the meaning of the metaphor itself.
- 22 Heb “They speak deceit.”
- 23 Heb “With his mouth a person speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets an ambush for him.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,
but in their hearts they set traps for them.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Their tongues are deadly arrows—
they speak deception.
With his mouth
one speaks peaceably with his friend,
but inwardly he sets up an ambush.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arrows.
They speak friendly words to their neighbors
while scheming in their heart to kill them.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Their tongue is a murderous arrow,
it speaks deceit.
With his mouth he speaks peace with his neighbor,
but in his inner parts he sets up his ambush.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit:
One speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth,
But in heart he layeth his wait.
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