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Psalms 59:7

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Behold, they belch forth with their mouth; Swords are in their lips, For, [they say], “Who hears?”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who [say they] doth hear?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords, are in their lips, For [say they], Who doth hear?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Behold, they brag in their talke, & swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lippes; for who, [say they], doeth heare?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips; for who, say they, does care?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [say they], has heard?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Behold, x2009
(2009) Complement
הִנֵּה
hinneh
{hin-nay'}
Prolonged for H2005; lo!.
they belch out 5042
{5042} Prime
נבע
naba`
{naw-bah'}
A primitive root; to gush forth; figuratively to utter (good or bad words); specifically to emit (a foul odor).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
with their mouth: 6310
{6310} Prime
פֶּה
peh
{peh}
From H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literally or figuratively (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to.
swords 2719
{2719} Prime
חֶרֶב
chereb
{kheh'-reb}
From H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.
[are] in their lips: 8193
{8193} Prime
שָׂפָה
saphah
{saw-faw'}
(The second form is in dual and plural); Probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication language; by analogy a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.).
for x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
who, x4310
(4310) Complement
מִי
miy
{me}
An interrogitive pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.
[say they], doth hear? 8085
{8085} Prime
שָׁמַע
shama`
{shaw-mah'}
A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.).
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 59:6-7.


Psalms 59:7

_ _ for who, say they — For the full expression with the supplied words, compare Psalms 64:5.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 59:1-7.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 59:7

Pour out — Sharp and bitter word's, abundantly and vehemently, as a fountain doth waters, as this word signifies. Swords — Words as keen and mischievous as swords. For who — David doth not hear us, and God either doth not hear, or not regard what we say.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 59:7

Behold, they (f) belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

(f) They boast openly in their wicked devises, and every word is as a sword: for they neither fear God nor are ashamed of men.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
belch:

Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
*marg.
Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

swords:

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 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] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 64:3-5 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words: ... They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Psalms 109:2-3 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. ... They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

who:

Psalms 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
Psalms 10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
Psalms 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Psalms 94:7-9 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it]. ... He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Job 22:12-13 [Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! ... And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Jeremiah 33:24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 22:12. Ps 10:11, 13; 55:21; 57:4; 64:3; 73:11; 94:7; 109:2. Pv 12:18; 15:2. Jr 33:24. Mt 12:34.

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