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They aimed bitter speech <i>as</i> their arrows,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/64.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/64.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech <i>as</i> their arrow, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/64.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aim venomous words as arrows,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/64.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/64.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/64.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/64.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like arrows. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/64.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They sharpen their tongues like swords. They aim bitter words like arrows<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/64.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/64.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge, </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/64.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who whet their tongue like a sword, <i>and</i> bend <i>their bows to shoot</i> their arrows, <i>even</i> bitter words:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/64.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend <i>their bows to shoot</i> their arrows—bitter words,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/psalms/64.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/64.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/64.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/psalms/64.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/64.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/psalms/64.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Who sharpen their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/psalms/64.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/64.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/64.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/psalms/64.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/psalms/64.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword: who haue drawne their arrow, euen a bitter worde.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/psalms/64.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Which whette their tuges like a swerde, & shute wt their venimous wordes like as wt arowes.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/64.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, "" They directed their arrow—a bitter word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/64.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/64.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, they bent their arrows a bitter word:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/64.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/64.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 63:4>For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have formed their bow into a bitter thing,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/64.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />They sharpened their tongue like a sword, and their words like an arrow<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/64.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who whet their tongues like a sword, and charge their words with poison like an arrow,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/64.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/64.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; 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</script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/psalms/64.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/8150.htm" title="8150: šā·nə·nū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To whet, sharpen. A primitive root; to point; intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate.">sharpen</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956: lə·šō·w·nām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Tongue. Or lashon; also feminine lshonah; from lashan; the tongue, used literally, and figuratively.">their tongues</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḵa·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-k, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">like swords</a> <a href="/hebrew/1869.htm" title="1869: dā·rə·ḵū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To tread, march. A primitive root; to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow.">and aim</a> <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751: mār (Adj-ms) -- Bitter, bitterness. Or marah; from marar; bitter; also bitterness, or bitterly.">their bitter</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: dā·ḇār (N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">words</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671: ḥiṣ·ṣām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- From chatsats; properly, a piercer, i.e. An arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear.">like arrows,</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/psalms/64.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">Who</a><a href="/hebrew/8150.htm" title="8150. shanan (shaw-nan') -- to whet, sharpen"> sharpened</a><a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719. chereb (kheh'-reb) -- a sword"> as a sword</a><a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956. lashown (law-shone') -- tongue"> their tongue</a><a href="/hebrew/1869.htm" title="1869. darak (daw-rak') -- to tread, march">, They directed</a><a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671. chets (khayts) -- arrow"> their arrow</a><a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751. mar (mar) -- bitter, bitterness">—a bitter</a><a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697. dabar (daw-baw') -- speech, word"> word.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/psalms/64.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="אֲשֶׁר Pr 834">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/8150.htm" title="שׁנן_1 vqp3cp 8150"> sharpen</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָמ psn3mp"> their</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="לָשֹׁון ncbsc 3956"> tongues</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="כְּ Pp"> like</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="חֶרֶב ncfsa 2719"> swords</a> <a href="/hebrew/1869.htm" title="דרך vqp3cp 1869">and aim</a> <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="מַר_1 amsa 4751"> bitter</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="דָּבָר ncmsa 1697"> words</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="חֵץ ncmsc 2671"> like arrows</a>,</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/psalms/64.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834. 'aher (ash-er') -- who, which, that">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/8150.htm" title="8150. shanan (shaw-nan') -- to whet, sharpen">have sharpened</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956. lashown (law-shone') -- tongue">their tongue</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719. chereb (kheh'-reb) -- a sword">like a sword.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1869.htm" title="1869. darak (daw-rak') -- to tread, march">They aimed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751. mar (mar) -- bitter, bitterness">bitter</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697. dabar (daw-baw') -- speech, word">speech</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671. chets (khayts) -- arrow">[as] their arrow,</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/psalms/64.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/8150.htm" title="8150. shanan (shaw-nan') -- to whet, sharpen">Who whet</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956. lashown (law-shone') -- tongue">their tongue</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719. chereb (kheh'-reb) -- a sword">like a sword,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1869.htm" title="1869. darak (daw-rak') -- to tread, march">[and] bend</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671. chets (khayts) -- arrow">[their bows to shoot] their arrows,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751. mar (mar) -- bitter, bitterness">[even] bitter</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697. dabar (daw-baw') -- speech, word">words:</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/64-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 64:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 64:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/64-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 64:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 64:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>