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Psalm 64:3

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64:3They5 sharpen their tongues like a sword;

they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,6

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Footnotes

  1. 5 Heb “who.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. 6 Heb “a bitter word.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

who whet their tongues like swords,

who aim bitter words like arrows,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They sharpen their tongues like swords

and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

who sharpen their tongues like swords

and aim bitter words like arrows,

NLTNew Living Translation

They sharpen their tongues like swords

and aim their bitter words like arrows.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

who sharpen their tongue like a sword.

They bend their bow to shoot their arrows—bitter words,

KJV 1900King James Version

Who whet their tongue like a sword,

And bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: