Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips,
For, they say, “Who hears?”

King James Version

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Holman Bible

Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

International Standard Version

Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"

A Conservative Version

Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for [they say], Who hears?

American Standard Version

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who,'say they , doth hear?

Amplified


Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”

Bible in Basic English

See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

Darby Translation

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, they will gush out with their mouth: swords in their lips: for who heard?

King James 2000

Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look, they pour out [talk] with their mouth. Swords [are] on their lips, for [they say], "Who hears?"

Modern King James verseion

Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?

NET Bible

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?"

New Heart English Bible

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords, are in their lips, For say they , Who doth hear?

Webster

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

World English Bible

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords are in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'

References

Hastings

Verse Info

Context Readings

God Our Stronghold

6 They return at evening, they howl like a dog,
And go around the city.
7 Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips,
For, they say, “Who hears?”
8 But You, O Lord, laugh at them;
You scoff at all the nations.


Cross References

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 10:11

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable,
But the mouth of fools spouts folly.

Psalm 73:11

They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Job 22:12-13

“Is not God in the height of heaven?
Look also at the distant stars, how high they are!

Psalm 10:13

Why has the wicked spurned God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 64:3-5

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

Psalm 94:4

They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly;
All who do wickedness vaunt themselves.

Psalm 94:7-9

They have said, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”

Psalm 109:2-3

For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,
But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

Jeremiah 33:24

“Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the Lord chose, He has rejected them’? Thus they despise My people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

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