PSA 140:3 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 140:4: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=vital Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (PSA 139:4) Ἠκόνησαν γλῶσσαν αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ὄφεως, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν· διάψαλμα.
(Aʸkonaʸsan glōssan autōn hōsei ofeōs, ios aspidōn hupo ta ⱪeilaʸ autōn; diapsalma.)

BrTr (PSA 139:4) They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.

ULT They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent;
⇔ venom of a viper, is under their lips. Selah

UST They say things to people that hurt them;
⇔ what comes from their mouths is as deadly as the venom of a viper. Selah

BSB & MSB They sharpen their tongues like snakes;
⇔ the venom of vipers is on their lips.[fn] Selah

140:3 Cited in Romans 3:13

OEB who make their tongue as sharp as a serpent’s,
⇔ and under whose lips is the poison of adders. Selah

WEBBE & WMBB They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent.
⇔ Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.

NET Their tongues wound like a serpent;
⇔ a viper’s venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

LSV They sharpened their tongue as a serpent,
Poison of a viper [is] under their lips. Selah.

FBV Their tongues are as sharp as those of snakes; viper's venom is on their lips. Selah.

T4T By what they say [MTY] they injure people like poisonous snakes do;
⇔ the words that they speak [MTY] can kill people as easily as cobras/vipers do.
⇔ (Think about that!)

LEB • They sharpen their tongue as sharp as a snake’s;
• the venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

BBE Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

Moff their tongue sharp as a snake,
⇔ with venom of vipers on their lips.

JPS (PSA 140:4) (140-5) Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to make my steps slip.

ASV They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent;
⇔ Adders’ poison is under their lips. [Selah

DRA (PSA 139:4) They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.

YLT They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.

Drby They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

RV They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah

SLT They sharpened their tongue as a serpent; the poison of asps under their lips. Silence,

Wbstr They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison is under their lips. Selah.

KJB-1769 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

KJB-1611 They haue sharpned their tongues like a serpent: adders poison is vnder their lips. Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent: Adders poyson is vnder their lippes. Selah.
(They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent: Adders poison is under their lips. Selah.)

Gnva They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Cvdl They sharpen their tonges like a serpent, Adders poyson is vnder their lippes.
(They sharpen their tongues like a serpent, Adders poison is under their lips.)

Wycl (PSA 139:4) Thei scharpiden her tungis as serpentis; the venym of snakis vndir the lippis of hem.
(They sharpened her tongues as serpents/snakes; the venom of snakes under the lips of hem.)

Luth (PSA 140:4) Sie schärfen ihre Zunge wie eine Schlange; Otterngift ist unter ihren Lippen. Sela.
(They/She sharpen their/her tongue as/like a/one snake; adder_venom is under your(pl) lips. Sela.)

ClVg (PSA 139:4) Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentis; venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.[fn]
(They_whetted tongue/languages their_own like snakes; poison asp_snake under lips their.)

139.4 Acuerunt. Qualiter in lingua persequuntur, ostendit. Sicut serpentis. ID. In serpente est astutia et dolus nocendi: ideo et serpit, non habens pedes, ut non audiatur, cum venit; lenis est ejus tractus, sed non rectus: sic mali serpunt ad nocendum, sub levi tractu habentes occultum venenum, unde subdit, Venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.

139.4 They_whetted. How/as in/into/on tongue/language pursue, he_showed. Like snakes. ID. In with_a_snake it_is cunning and trick/hoax/guile to_harm: therefore/for_that_reason and crawls, not/no having feet, as not/no may_be_heard, when/with he_came; lenis it_is his/her traction/pulls, but not/no straight/righteous: so evil they_crawl to to_be_harmed, under light/slight traction/pull having hidden poison, from_where/who I_submit, Poison asp_snake under lips their.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשׁוֹנָ⁠ם֮ כְּֽמוֹ־נָ֫חָ֥שׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: make_~_sharp tongue_of,their as snake's venom_of vipers below/instead_of lips_of,their selah )

The point of this comparison is that just as a serpent has a dangerous, darting tongue, so the speech of these evil people is harmful. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [They use their words to harm people, as a serpent uses its tongue to strike]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְשׁוֹנָ⁠ם֮

tongue_of,their

Here, their tongue represents their speech. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [their words]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

חֲמַ֥ת עַכְשׁ֑וּב תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣י⁠מוֹ

venom_of vipers (Some words not found in UHB: make_~_sharp tongue_of,their as snake's venom_of vipers below/instead_of lips_of,their selah )

David is speaking of the harmful words of these evil people as if the words were venom of a viper under their lips. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the words they speak are deadly and destructive]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣י⁠מוֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: make_~_sharp tongue_of,their as snake's venom_of vipers below/instead_of lips_of,their selah )

Here, their lips represents what they say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in their speech]

Parallel PSA 140:3