Psalm 58:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ Let them dissolve like water flowing away. When they bend the bow, let their arrows be like headless shafts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ 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

⁷ 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 man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt with fear; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men.

Job 4:10

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

Psalm 112:10

The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked man comes to naught.

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; thy blessing be upon thy people! Selah

Psalm 64:3

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

Exodus 15:15

Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; the leaders of Moab, trembling seizes them; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

Isaiah 13:7

Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt,

Joshua 7:5

and the men of Ai killed about thirty-six men of them, and chased them before the gate as far as Shebarim, and slew them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.