Verse List for PSA 57:4

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OET (OET-RV) My life is among lions. ⇔ ≈ I’m among those who are ready to devour me. ⇔ I’m among people whose teeth are spears and arrows, ⇔ ≈ and whose tongues are sharp swords.

OET-LV [fn] self _of_my in _the_middle lions I _lie _with those _who_devour the_children _of humankind teeth _of_their are_a _spear and_arrows and_tongue _of_their is_a _sword sharp.

ULT My soul, is in the midst of lions; ⇔  I must lie down, among blazing ones, sons of man. ⇔ Their teeth, are a spear and arrows, ⇔  and their tongue, is a sharp sword.

UST Men who are as dangerous as lions are all around me. ⇔  I have no safe place to sleep far away from those men who are trying to kill me. ⇔ They say things about me that make other people want to harm me.

BSB & MSB My soul [is] among the lions; ⇔  I lie down with ravenous beasts— ⇔ [with] men whose teeth are spears and arrows, ⇔  whose tongues are sharp swords.

OEB In the midst of lions I lie, ⇔  who devour human prey. ⇔ Their teeth are spears and arrows, ⇔  and their tongue is a sharpened sword.

WEBBE & WMBB My soul is amongst lions. ⇔  I lie amongst those who are set on fire, ⇔  even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, ⇔  and their tongue a sharp sword.

NET I am surrounded by lions; ⇔ I lie down among those who want to devour me; ⇔ men whose teeth are spears and arrows, ⇔ whose tongues are a sharp sword.

LSV 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.

FBV I am surrounded by man-eating lions—I am forced to live with them! Their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongues are swords.

T4T ⇔  Sometimes I am surrounded by my enemies who are like lions that kill humans; ⇔  they are like lions that chew with their teeth animals that they kill; ⇔ but my enemies have spears and arrows, not teeth; ⇔  and the false things that they say [MTY] hurt people as much as sharp swords hurt people [MET].

LEB • My soul is among lions.
• I lie down among those who devour—
• the children[fn] of humankind whose teeth are spears and arrows
• and whose tongues are sharp swords.

BBE My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

Moff I have to live amon lions, ⇔  who prey upon men; ⇔ their teeth are spears and arrows, ⇔  their tongue is a sharp sword.

JPS (57-5) My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

ASV 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.

DRA The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.

YLT 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.

Drby 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.

RV 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.

SLT My soul is in the midst of lions: I shall lie down with the flaming, the sons of man, their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 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.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps My soule is among Lions, and I lye among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.
(My soul is among Lions, and I lie among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.)

Gnva My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
(My soul is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.)

Cvdl Sela. This shal God sende, for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons:
(Sela. This shall God send, for his mercy and faithfulness sake. I lie with my soul among the cruel lions:)

Wycl Synneris weren maad aliens fro the wombe; thei erriden fro the wombe, thei spaken false thingis.
(Sinners were made aliens/foreigners from the womb; they erriden from the womb, they spoke false things.)

Luth Er sendet vom Himmel und hilft mir von der Schmach meines Versenkers. Sela. GOtt sendet seine Güte und Treue.
(He send from_the heaven and help(v) to_me from the/of_the disgrace my Versenkers. Sela. God send his goodness and loyalty/faithfulness.)

ClVg Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.[fn]
(Alienati are sinners from womb; they_went_astray away the_womb: spoke are false.)

UHB 5 נַפְשִׁ֤⁠י ׀ בְּ⁠ת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה לֹ֫הֲטִ֥ים בְּֽנֵי־אָדָ֗ם שִׁ֭נֵּי⁠הֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְ⁠חִצִּ֑ים וּ֝⁠לְשׁוֹנָ֗⁠ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ μήτρας, ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς, ἐλάλησαν ψευδῆ.

BrTr Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.