Psalm 58:7 “May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may…”

Psalm 58:7

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

World English Bible

Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

American Standard Version

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.

Darby Translation

Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

Young's Literal Translation

They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

Bible in Basic English

Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

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Cross references

“Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.”

Psalm 112:10 Joshua 7:5 Exodus 15:15 Joshua 2:9–11 Isaiah 13:7 Psalm 22:14

Psalm 112:10 · BSB

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Joshua 7:5 · BSB

And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

Exodus 15:15 · BSB

Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

Joshua 2:9–11 · BSB

and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

Isaiah 13:7 · BSB

Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Also

Psalm 64:3

Psalm 64:3 · BSB

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

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

In context

6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

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