Psalms 57:4New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who breathe forth fire, [Even] the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows And their tongue a sharp sword.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down [among] them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— My soul, is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames, As for the sons of men, Their teeth, are spear and arrows, And, their tongue, is a sharp sword.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames—sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, ? their tongue a sharpe sworde.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— My soule [is] among lyons, [and] I lie euen among them that are set on fire: [euen] the sonnes of men, whose teeth [are] speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He has delivered my life from the vicious as I slept in fear, and from the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongues sharp swords.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and he has delivered my soul from the midst of [lions'] whelps: I lay down to sleep, [though] troubled. [As for] the sons of men, their teeth are arms and [missile] weapons, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. |
My soul
5315 {5315} Primeנֶפֶשׁnephesh{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
[ is] among
8432 {8432} Primeתָּוֶךְtavek{taw'-vek}
From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, that is, (by implication) the centre.
lions:
3833 {3833} Primeלָבִיאlabiy'{law-bee'}
From an unused root meaning to roar; a lion (properly a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer; compare H0738)).
[ and] I lie
7901 {7901} Primeשָׁכַבshakab{shaw-kab'}
A primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
[ even among] them that are set on fire,
3857 {3857} Primeלָהַטlahat{law-hat'}
A primitive root; properly to lick, that is, (by implication) to blaze.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
[ even] the sons
1121 {1121} Primeבֵּןben{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of men,
120 {0120} Primeאָדָם'adam{aw-dawm'}
From H0119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
whose teeth
8127 {8127} Primeשֵׁןshen{shane}
From H8150; a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for H8143) ivory; figuratively a cliff.
[ are] spears
2595 {2595} Primeחֲנִיתchaniyth{khan-eeth'}
From H2583; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent).
and arrows,
2671 {2671} Primeחֵץchets{khayts}
From H2686; properly a piercer, that is, an arrow; by implication a wound; figuratively (of God) thunder bolt; (by interchange for H6086) the shaft of a spear.
and their tongue
3956 {3956} Primeלָשׁוֹןlashown{law-shone'}
From H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water).
a sharp
2299
sword.
2719 {2719} Primeחֶרֶבchereb{kheh'-reb}
From H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement. |
Psalms 57:4
_ _ The mingled figures of wild beasts (Psalms 10:9; Psalms 17:12) and weapons of war (Psalms 11:2) heighten the picture of danger.
_ _ whose ... tongue — or slanders. |
Psalms 57:4
Lions — Fierce and bloody men. I lie — I have my abode. On fire — From hell. Who are mere fire — brands, breathing out wrath and threatenings, and incensing Saul against me. |
Psalms 57:4
My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] (e) spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
(e) He means their slanderous and false reports. |
- among:
Psalms 10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Psalms 17:12-13 Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. ... Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
Psalms 22:13-16 They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion. ... For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalms 35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Psalms 58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Proverbs 28:15 [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Daniel 6:22-24 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. ... And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast [them] into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
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Judges 9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
James 3:6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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Psalms 58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
John 4:10-11 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. ... The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
Proverbs 30:14 [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
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- tongue:
Psalms 52:2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 55:21 [The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.
Psalms 64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
Proverbs 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
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