| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | "Their tongue | לְשֹׁונָ֖ם | le·sho·v·nam | 3956 | tongue | from an unused word |
| is a deadly | (שָׁח֛וּט | sha·chut | 7819 | to slaughter, beat | a prim. root |
| arrow; | חֵ֥ץ | chetz | 2671 | arrow | from chatsats |
| It speaks | דִבֵּ֑ר | dib·ber; | 1696 | to speak | a prim. root |
| deceit; | מִרְמָ֣ה | mir·mah | 4820 | deceit, treachery | from ramah |
| With his mouth | בְּפִ֗יו | be·fiv | 6310 | mouth | a prim. root |
| one speaks | יְדַבֵּ֗ר | ye·dab·ber | 1696 | to speak | a prim. root |
| peace | שָׁלֹ֤ום | sha·lo·vm | 7965 | completeness, soundness, welfare, peace | from shalem |
| to his neighbor, | רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ | re·'e·hu | 7453 | friend, companion, fellow | from raah |
| But inwardly | וּבְקִרְבֹּ֖ו | u·ve·kir·bov | 7130 | inward part, midst | from an unused word |
| he sets | יָשִׂ֥ים | ya·sim | 7760 | to put, place, set | a prim. root |
| an ambush | אָרְבֹּֽו׃ | a·re·bov. | 696 | an ambuscade | from arab |
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| KJV Lexicon Their tongue lashown (law-shone') 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) is as an arrow chets (khayts) a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear shot out shachat (shaw-khat') to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) -- kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter. it speaketh dabar (daw-bar') perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue deceit mirmah (meer-maw') fraud -- craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery. one speaketh dabar (daw-bar') perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue peaceably shalowm (shaw-lome') safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace to his neighbour rea` (ray'-ah) an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other. with his mouth peh (peh) the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to but in heart qereb (keh'-reb) the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition) he layeth suwm (soom) to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work. his wait 'oreb (o'-reb) wait. |
New American Standard (©1995) "Their tongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.King James Bible Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. American King James Version Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he lays his wait. American Standard Version Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him. Darby Bible Translation Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. A man speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush. English Revised Version Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him. Webster's Bible Translation Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. World English Bible Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him. Young's Literal Translation A slaughtering arrow is their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush, Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata sagitta vulnerans lingua eorum dolum locuta est in ore suo pacem cum amico suo loquitur et occulte ponit ei insidias
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 Ambush Arrow Causing Cordially Deadly Death Deceit Deceitfully Heart Inwardly Lays Mouth Murderous Neighbor Neighbour Peace Peaceably Secretly Sets Sharpened Shot Slaughtering Speaketh Speaks Tongue Trap Wait Waiting Words
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