Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.
New American Standard Bible
All who see them will
King James Version
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
International Standard Version
They tripped over their own tongues, and everyone who was watching ran away.
A Conservative Version
So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head.
American Standard Version
So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
Amplified
So they will be caused to stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].
Bible in Basic English
The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
Darby Translation
By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will cause their tongue to falter upon themselves: all looking upon them shall be moved.
King James 2000
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake.
Modern King James verseion
So they shall be confounded; their tongue falls on themselves; everyone seeing them shall flee.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, insomuch that whoso seeth them, shall laugh them to scorn.
NET Bible
Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
New Heart English Bible
Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
The Emphasized Bible
When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.
Webster
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
World English Bible
Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 64:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Evildoers
7
suddenly, they will be wounded.
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.
and will tell about God’s work,
for they will understand what He has done.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:7
and his lips are a trap for his life.
Proverbs 12:13
but a righteous one escapes from trouble.
Psalm 22:7
they sneer
Numbers 16:34
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled because they thought, “The earth may swallow us too!”
1 Samuel 31:3-7
When the battle intensified against Saul,
Job 15:6
your own lips testify against you.
Psalm 9:3
they stumble and perish before You.
Psalm 31:11
and even by my neighbors.
I am dreaded by my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street run from me.
Psalm 52:6
and will ridicule him:
Psalm 59:12
let them be caught in their pride.
They utter curses and lies.
Psalm 140:9
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.
Jeremiah 18:16
a perpetual object of scorn;
everyone who passes by it will be horrified
and shake his head.
Jeremiah 48:27
Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you?
Nahum 3:7
“Nineveh is devastated;
who will show sympathy to her?”
Where can I find anyone to comfort you?
Matthew 21:41
“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told Him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at the harvest.”
Luke 19:22
Revelation 18:4
Then I heard another voice from heaven:
so that you will not share in her sins
or receive any of her plagues.
Revelation 18:10
They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying:
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour
your judgment has come.