Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,\par\tab Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Ecclesiastes 10:11 - American Standard Version 2015 If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then it is no use to call a charmer [and the slanderer is no better than the uncharmed snake]. American Standard Version (1901) If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. Common English Bible If a snake bites before it’s charmed, then there’s no profit for the snake charmer. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever slanders in secret is nothing less than a snake that bites silently. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly. |
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,\par\tab Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth:\par\tab Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Who have whet their tongue like a sword,\par\tab And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Death and life are in the power of the tongue;\par\tab And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.\par
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
but the tongue can no man tame; {\i it is} a restless evil, {\i it is} full of deadly poison.