They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah
Lamentations 3:62 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their imagination against me all the day. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The lips of those that rose up against me, And their device against me all the day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all day long. American Standard Version (1901) The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. Common English Bible the speech of those who rise up against me, their incessant gossiping about me. Catholic Public Domain Version SIN. The lips of those who rise up against me, and their meditations, are against me all day long. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me and their devices against me all the day. |
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear?
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people: