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

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 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,

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

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,

May they flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, may they be as headless shafts.

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who devour, Among sons of mankind whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They have set their arrow on the string To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And you will condemn every tongue that accuses you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.

“ They bend their tongues like their bows; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.

There is a kind of person whose teeth are like swords And his jaw teeth like knives, To devour the poor from the earth And the needy from among mankind.