Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"
New American Standard Bible
For, they say, “
King James Version
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Holman Bible
sharp words from
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”
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
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
6 At night they return like howling dogs; they prowl around the city. 7 Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?" 8 But you, LORD, will laugh at them; you will mock all the nations.
Cross References
Psalm 57:4
I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.
Psalm 10:11
The wicked say to themselves, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
Proverbs 15:2
The wise speak, presenting knowledge appropriately, but fools spout foolishness.
Psalm 73:11
Then they say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"
Proverbs 12:18
Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.
Job 22:12-13
"Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!
Psalm 10:13
Why do the wicked despise God and say to themselves, "God will not seek justice."?
Psalm 55:21
His mouth is as smooth as butter, while war is in his heart. His words were as smooth as olive oil, while his sword is drawn.
Psalm 64:3-5
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Psalm 94:4
When they speak, they spew arrogance. Everyone who practices iniquity brags about it.
Psalm 94:7-9
They say, "The LORD cannot see, and the God of Jacob will not notice."
Psalm 109:2-3
for the mouths of wicked and deceitful people are opened against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
Proverbs 15:28
The mind of the righteous thinks before speaking, but the wicked person spews out evil.
Jeremiah 33:24
"Haven't you noticed what these people have been saying? "The LORD rejected the two families that he had chosen!' They have contempt for my people and no longer consider them a nation.
Matthew 12:34
You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.