Psalm 58:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

And even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

Job 4:10

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken

Psalm 112:10

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

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 in the midst of my bowels.

Psalm 3:8

Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: Thy blessing be upon thy people. Selah

Psalm 64:3

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

Exodus 15:15

Then were the dukes of Edom amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

Isaiah 13:7

Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:

Joshua 7:5

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: and they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the going down: and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.