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Psalms 64:8

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

KJV

qui conturbas profundum maris, sonum fluctuum ejus. Turbabuntur gentes,

Vulgate

ὁ συνταράσσων τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς θαλάσσης, ἤχους κυμάτων αὐτῆς. ταραχθήσονται τὰ ἔθνη

LXX

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

ASV

וַ/יֹּרֵ֗/ם אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֥ץ פִּתְא֑וֹם הָ֝י֗וּ מַכּוֹתָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 45×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַכָּ֣ה
mkh
noun · 48×
נִי
ny
verb · 86×
פִּתְאֹ֑ם
pt'm
adverb · 25×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. This then is one way, and the first, by which he cast down their pride; the next has greater force. What then is this? In that he shows that not even this thing itself was in all points complete, but imperfect, and extremely so. And not only imperfect, but also injurious, unless there were another thing joined together with it. For having said that we have knowledge, he adde…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 2:23 — Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
  • 1Sam 31:3 — And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
  • Jer 18:16 — To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
  • Jer 23:36 — And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
  • Jer 48:27 — For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
  • Job 15:6 — Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
  • Job 15:6 — Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
  • Luke 19:22 — And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
  • Matt 21:41 — They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
  • Nah 3:7 — And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
  • Num 16:34 — And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
  • Prov 12:13 — The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 12:13 — The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 18:7 — A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
  • Prov 18:7 — A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
  • Prov 26:7 — The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  • Ps 9:3 — When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
  • Ps 22:7 — All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
  • Ps 31:11 — I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
  • Ps 31:11 — I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
  • Ps 52:6 — The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
  • Ps 59:12 — For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
  • Ps 94:23 — And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
  • Ps 109:27 — That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
  • Ps 140:9 — As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
  • Ps 140:9 — As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
  • Rev 18:4 — And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
  • Rev 18:10 — Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.