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Psalms 140:3
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They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah
They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.
They make their tonguesas sharp as a snake’s bite;viper’s venom is under their lips.Selah
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
Their words are as harmful as the fangs of a snake, as deadly as its venom. Selah
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent's; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah
Their words bite deep like the poisonous fangs of a snake.
They plan evil things in their hearts — they continually stir up bitter strife.
Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars.
They haue sharpned their tongues like a serpent: adders poison is vnder their lips. Selah.
They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah
They make their tongues as sharp as serpents; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
They sharpen their tongue as sharp as a snake's; the venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
They sharpen their tongues like a snake; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
They make their tongues sharp as a snake's; their words are like snake poison. Selah
Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah)
Their tongues sting like a snake; the venom of a viper drips from their lips. Interlude
They make their tongues sharp like a snake's. And the poison of a snake is under their lips.
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent, - The poison of the asp, is under their lips. Selah.
(139-4) They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders poison is under their lips.
Their tongues are like deadly snakes; their words are like a cobra's poison.
They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent: Adders poyson is vnder their lippes. Selah.
They make their tongue sharp as a snake's, and under their lips is the venom of vipers. Selah
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Thei scharpiden her tungis as serpentis; the venym of snakis vndir the lippis of hem.
They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the poison of vipers. [Selah]
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
They sharpen their tonges like a serpent, Adders poyson is vnder their lippes.
They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;Poison of an asp is under their lips. Selah.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sharpened: Psalms 52:2, Psalms 52:3, Psalms 57:4, Psalms 59:7, Psalms 64:3, Psalms 64:4, Proverbs 12:18, Isaiah 59:3-5, Isaiah 59:13, Jeremiah 9:3, Jeremiah 9:5, James 3:6-8
like a serpent: Genesis 3:13, Proverbs 23:32, Matthew 12:34, 2 Corinthians 11:3
adders': Psalms 58:4, Romans 3:13, Romans 3:14
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:33 - the poison Psalms 31:20 - the strife Psalms 36:3 - The words Psalms 94:4 - shall Psalms 109:2 - the mouth Proverbs 25:18 - General Isaiah 11:8 - cockatrice' Lamentations 3:62 - lips James 3:8 - full
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent,.... Which Kimchi says it does before it bites. Aristotle i observes, that the tip or extreme point of a serpent's tongue is as small as a hair, and so exceeding sharp and piercing. Arama interprets this of the sharpness and cunning of the serpent; and particularly the serpent that deceived Eve, and spake cunningly to her. "For God knoweth", c. and may design the calumnies and detractions, which were sharp as a razor as swords, and spears, and arrows, and as the tongue of a serpent, Psalms 57:4; and the subtlety of false teachers, and deceitful workers; and the sharp and cutting words of wicked men against Christ and his people, Judges 1:15;
adder's poison is under their lips; which may signify the malignity of sin in wicked men, which comes from the old serpent the devil; is latent in men; very infectious, like poison, and deadly and incurable, but by the grace of God, and blood of Christ: and may describe particularly the mischief of the tongue, which is a little member, as the asp is a little creature; but very mischievous, full of deadly poison, which lurks in it, lies under it, and which spitting out, it stupifies and kills insensibly; as do the calumnies of wicked men, and the doctrines of false teachers; see Romans 3:13. The Targum is,
"the poison of the spider;''
though it is said k the spider is not venomous.
Selah; on this word, Romans 3:13- :.
i Hist. Animal. l. 2. c. 17. k Philosoph. Transact. abridged, vol. 2. p. 800. & vol. 5. par. 1. p. 24.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent - Compare the notes at Psalms 64:3. The idea here is, that since the tongue of the serpent âseemsâ to be sharp, pointed, adapted to penetrate (and probably the original reference in the image was derived from that idea), the wound inflicted is by the serpentâs tongue - âas ifâ with a hard, penetrating point. It is now known, however, that it is by a tooth - a single tooth, made flexible for the purpose - at the root of which a small bag containing the poison is located, which is injected through an orifice in the tooth into the wound. The meaning here is, that the words spoken by such persons - by their tongues - were like the poison produced by the bite of a serpent.
Addersâ poison is under their lips - The asp or adder is among the most poisonous of serpents. Thus, Cleopatra of Egypt is said to have destroyed her own life by an asp, which she had concealed for that purpose. This passage is quoted in Romans 3:13, as a proof of human depravity. See the notes at that verse.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 140:3. They have sharpened their tongues — They employ their time in forging lies and calumnies against me; and those of the most virulent nature.
