Who whet their tongue like a sword,[ and] bend[ their bows to shoot] their arrows,[ even] bitter words:

他们磨舌如刀，发出苦毒的言语，好像比准了的箭，

他们磨舌如刀，发出苦毒的言语，好像瞄准了的箭，

他们磨舌如刀，发出苦毒的言语，好像瞄准了的箭，

他们舌头锋利如刀，言语恶毒如箭穿心。

他们磨快自己的舌头，如同刀剑；他们吐出恶毒的言语，好像利箭，

他们磨快自己的舌头，如同刀剑；他们发出苦毒的话语，好像弦上的箭，

他們磨舌如刀，發出苦毒的言語，好像比準了的箭，

他們磨舌如刀，發出苦毒的言語，好像瞄準了的箭，

他們磨舌如刀，發出苦毒的言語，好像瞄準了的箭，

他們舌頭鋒利如刀，言語惡毒如箭穿心。

他們磨快自己的舌頭，如同刀劍；他們吐出惡毒的言語，好像利箭，

他們使舌頭尖銳如刀，比準了他們的箭，就是苦毒的話，

他們磨快自己的舌頭，如同刀劍；他們發出苦毒的話語，好像弦上的箭，

彼眾礪舌如刃、以苦語為矢、而擬準兮、

彼世人兮、礪其舌鋒、猶之利刃、出其語剌、無異發矢兮、

彼眾礪其舌鋒、猶如利刃、毒言出口、如箭離弦、

群小紛紜。橫行無度。祈主保我。莫為所誣。

They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.

They make their tongues like sharp swords. They aim their mean words like deadly arrows.

who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows.

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows— bitter words,

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

Let them melt away as waters[ which] run continually:[ when] he bendeth[ his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise[ is] health.

My soul[ is] among lions:[ and] I lie[ even among] them that are set on fire,[ even] the sons of men, whose teeth[ are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

And the tongue[ is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:But the tongue can no man tame;[ it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

For, lo, the wicked bend[ their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue[ that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This[ is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness[ is] of me, saith the LORD.

And they bend their tongues[ like] their bow[ for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

[ There is] a generation, whose teeth[ are as] swords, and their jaw teeth[ as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from[ among] men.