Psalm 140:3
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- 5 Heb “they sharpen their tongue like a serpent.” Ps 64:3 reads, “they sharpen their tongues like sword.” Perhaps Ps 140:3 uses a mixed metaphor, the point being that “they sharpen their tongues [like a sword],” as it were, so that when they speak, their words wound like a serpent’s bite. Another option is that the language refers to the pointed or forked nature of a serpent’s tongue, which is viewed metaphorically as “sharpened.”
- 6 The Hebrew term is used only here in the OT.
- 7 Heb “under.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s,
and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
They make their tongues
as sharp as a snake’s bite;
viper’s venom is under their lips.
Selah
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NLTNew Living Translation
Their tongues sting like a snake;
the venom of a viper drips from their lips.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
They sharpen their tongue as sharp as a snake’s;
the venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
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KJV 1900King James Version
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;
Adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
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