Psalm 64:8 “They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. A…”

Psalm 64:8

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall flee away.

Darby Translation

By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

Young's Literal Translation

And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

Bible in Basic English

The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

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Cross references

“tongue”

Proverbs 18:7 Proverbs 12:13 Psalm 140:9 Job 15:6 Matthew 21:41 Luke 19:22

Proverbs 18:7 · BSB

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Proverbs 12:13 · BSB

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

Psalm 140:9 · BSB

May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

Job 15:6 · BSB

Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

Matthew 21:41 · BSB

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

Luke 19:22 · BSB

His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

“all that”

Psalm 31:11 Nahum 3:7 Psalm 52:6 Numbers 16:34 1 Samuel 31:3–7 Revelation 18:4

Psalm 31:11 · BSB

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.

Nahum 3:7 · BSB

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

Psalm 52:6 · BSB

The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

Numbers 16:34 · BSB

At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

1 Samuel 31:3–7 · BSB

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

Revelation 18:4 · BSB

Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.

Also

Jeremiah 48:27 Psalm 22:7 Jeremiah 18:16 Psalm 9:3

Jeremiah 48:27 · BSB

Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.

Psalm 22:7 · BSB

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Jeremiah 18:16 · BSB

They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.

Psalm 9:3 · BSB

When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

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

In context

7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

9Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

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