They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 25:18 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow. American Standard Version (1901) A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Common English Bible People who testify falsely against their neighbors are like a club, sword, and sharpened arrow. Catholic Public Domain Version A man who speaks false testimony against his neighbor is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow. English Standard Version 2016 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow. |
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
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.
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.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; Lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
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.