Psalm 58:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Let them melt away as water which runs on apace; when he aims his arrows, let them be as if they were headless or split apart.

American Standard Version (1901)

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Common English Bible

Let them dissolve like water flowing away. When they bend the bow, let their arrows be like headless shafts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.

Psalm 58:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:10

Then even the valiant warrior whose heart is like the heart of a lion will utterly melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are valiant warriors.

Job 4:10

The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Psalm 112:10

The wicked see it and are angry; they gnash their teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;

Psalm 3:8

Deliverance belongs to the Lord; may your blessing be on your people! Selah

Psalm 64:3

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

Exodus 15:15

Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed; trembling seized the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

Isaiah 13:7

Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt,

Joshua 7:5

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim and killing them on the slope. The hearts of the people melted and turned to water.