Psalms 140:2-3
Psalms 140:1-5 The Message (MSG)
GOD, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people. All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games. They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill. GOD, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people; All boast and swagger, they plot ways to trip me up, determined to bring me down. These crooks invent traps to catch me and do their best to incriminate me.
Psalms 140:2-3 King James Version (KJV)
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; Continually are they gathered together for war. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Psalms 140:2-3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars. They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
Psalms 140:2-3 New Century Version (NCV)
who make evil plans, who always start fights. They make their tongues sharp as a snake’s; their words are like snake poison.Selah
Psalms 140:2-3 American Standard Version (ASV)
Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war. They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders’ poison is under their lips. [Selah
Psalms 140:2-3 New International Version (NIV)
who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
Psalms 140:2-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war. They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
Psalms 140:2-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
They devise evil things in their hearts; They continually [gather together and] stir up wars. They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s; Poison of a viper is under their lips. [Rom 3:13] Selah.
Psalms 140:2-3 New Living Translation (NLT)
those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long. Their tongues sting like a snake; the venom of a viper drips from their lips. Interlude