Psalm 57:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁴ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ My life is among lions; I must lie among those who are aflame–the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Common English Bible

⁴ My life is in the middle of a pack of lions. I lie down among those who devour humans. Their teeth are spears and arrows; their tongues are sharpened swords.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.

Psalm 57:4 Cross References

Psalm 58:6

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

Proverbs 30:14

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.

Psalm 35:17

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

Psalm 55:21

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Proverbs 12:18

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

Psalm 64:3

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

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Revelation 19:15

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

James 3:6

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.

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Proverbs 25:18

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Psalm 10:9

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

Judges 9:20

but if not, let fire come out from Abim´elech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abim´elech.

Job 41:14

Who can open the doors of his face? His teeth are terrible round about.

Psalm 43:3

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.