Psalms 140:3

“They haue sharpned their tongues like a serpent: adders poison is vnder their lips. Selah.”

1611 King James Version (KJV)




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Other Translations

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
- King James Version

They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah
- American Standard Version (1901)

Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
- Basic English Bible

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Darby Bible

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Webster's Bible

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
- World English Bible

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.
- Youngs Literal Bible

(140:4) They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips. Selah
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Psalms 140:3


140:3 Tongues - Using words as sharp and piercing as the sting of a serpent.


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