Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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?

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, snarling like dogs
and prowling around the city.
7 Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”
8 But You laugh at them, Lord;
You ridicule all the nations.


Cross References

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 10:11

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

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive,
but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.

Psalm 73:11

The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?”

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Job 22:12-13

Isn’t God as high as the heavens?
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!

Psalm 10:13

Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

Psalm 55:21

His buttery words are smooth,
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.

Psalm 64:3-5

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

Psalm 94:4

They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.

Psalm 94:7-9

They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”

Psalm 109:2-3

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.

Proverbs 15:28

The mind of the righteous person thinks before answering,
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.’ My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them.

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

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