Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Ecclesiastes 10:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue. 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. |
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says the LORD.
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehinnom.
But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.