Psalm 57:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things. |
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, *For,* they say, *who hears us?*
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
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.
Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
but if not, let fire come out from Avimelekh, and devour the men of Shekhem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shekhem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Avimelekh.