Psalm 58:6 “O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs…”

Psalm 58:6

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

World English Bible

Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.

American Standard Version

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lord.

Darby Translation

O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

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Cross references

“Break their”

Psalm 3:7 Psalm 10:15 Job 29:17 Ezekiel 30:21–26 Job 4:10 Job 4:11

Psalm 3:7 · BSB

Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 10:15 · BSB

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

Job 29:17 · BSB

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Ezekiel 30:21–26 · BSB

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

Job 4:10 · BSB

The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Job 4:11 · BSB

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

“young”

Hosea 5:14 Psalm 17:12 Micah 5:8 Psalm 91:13 Numbers 23:24 Isaiah 31:4

Hosea 5:14 · BSB

For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.

Psalm 17:12 · BSB

like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Micah 5:8 · BSB

Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with…

Psalm 91:13 · BSB

You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.

Numbers 23:24 · BSB

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

Isaiah 31:4 · BSB

For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.

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