Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
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“For who,” they say, “will hear?”
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?
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
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 59:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Our Stronghold
6
and prowling around the city.
sharp words from
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”
You ridicule all the nations.
Cross References
Psalm 57:4
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Psalm 10:11
He hides His face and will never see.”
Proverbs 15:2
but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.
Psalm 73:11
Does the Most High know everything?”
Proverbs 12:18
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Job 22:12-13
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!
Psalm 10:13
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”
Psalm 55:21
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.
Psalm 64:3-5
and aim bitter words like arrows,
Psalm 94:4
all the evildoers boast.
Psalm 94:7-9
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”
Psalm 109:2-3
they speak against me with lying tongues.
Proverbs 15:28
but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil things.
Jeremiah 33:24
“Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families He had chosen.’
Matthew 12:34