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Psalms 140:3
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Psalms 140:3
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They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
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Psalms 140:3 in Other Translations
KJV
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They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
ESV
3
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah
NLT
3
Their tongues sting like a snake; the venom of a viper drips from their lips. Interlude
MSG
3
They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill.
CSB
3
They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's bite; viper's venom is under their lips. Selah
Psalms 140:3 In-Context
1
Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,
2
who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
3
They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
4
Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.
5
The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.
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Psalms 57:4
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Psalms 58:4
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Romans 3:13
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James 3:8
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[a].
The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.
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