Other translations
American Standard Version
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They sharpened their tongue like a sword, and their words like an arrow
Darby Bible Translation
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
God's Word
They sharpen their tongues like swords. They aim bitter words like arrows
Holman Christian Standard Bible
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,
International Standard Version
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
NET Bible
They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
New American Standard Bible
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
New International Version
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
New Living Translation
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows.
Webster's Bible Translation
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
The World English Bible
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
EasyEnglish Bible
Their tongues are like sharp swords that hurt people. Their cruel words are like arrows that they shoot at people.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
New Life Version
They have made their tongues sharp like a sword. They use poison words like arrows.
The Voice Bible
Who sharpen their tongues into swords, who take aim with poisonous words like arrows.
Living Bible
They cut me down with sharpened tongues; they aim their bitter words like arrows straight at my heart.
New Catholic Bible
Protect me from the council of the wicked, from the band of those who do evil.
Legacy Standard Bible
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
Jubilee Bible 2000
Who whet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words
Christian Standard Bible
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,
Amplified Bible © 1954
Who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows,
New Century Version
They sharpen their tongues like swords and shoot bitter words like arrows.
The Message
Don’t let them find me— the conspirators out to get me, Using their tongues as weapons, flinging poison words, poison-tipped arrow-words. They shoot from ambush, shoot without warning, not caring who they hit. They keep fit doing calisthenics of evil purpose, They keep lists of the traps they’ve secretly set. They say to each other, “No one can catch us, no one can detect our perfect crime.” The Detective detects the mystery in the dark of the cellar heart.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
They sharpen their tongues like a sword. They shoot poison words like arrows.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
Good News Translation®
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like arrows.
Wycliffe Bible
For they sharpened their tongues as a sword, they bend their bow, a bitter thing; (For they sharpened their tongues like swords, yea, they bent their bows, and shot out bitter words;)
Contemporary English Version
Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
Common English Bible © 2011
who sharpen their tongues like swords. They aim their arrow—a cruel word—
Amplified Bible © 2015
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aim venomous words as arrows,
English Standard Version Anglicised
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Hide me from the malicious crowd, the mob of evildoers.
New American Standard Bible
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,
The Expanded Bible
They sharpen their tongues like swords and ·shoot [aim] bitter words like arrows.
Tree of Life Version
Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,
Revised Standard Version
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
New International Reader's Version
They make their tongues like sharp swords. They aim their mean words like deadly arrows.
BRG Bible
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Complete Jewish Bible
Hide me from the secret intrigues of the wicked and the open insurrection of evildoers.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Who whet their tongue like a cherev, and aim their khitzim (arrows), even davar mar (bitter words);
Names of God Bible
They sharpen their tongues like swords. They aim bitter words like arrows
Modern English Version
they sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
Easy-to-Read Version
They sharpen their tongues to use like swords. They aim their poisonous words like arrows.
International Children’s Bible
They sharpen their tongues like swords. They shoot bitter words like arrows.
Lexham English Bible
who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend their bow to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
New International Version - UK
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.