Verse Comparison: Psalms 140:3
American Standard Version
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah
Amplified® Bible
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent's; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
Contemporary English Version
Their words bite deep like the poisonous fangs of a snake.
Darby English Version
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Good News Bible
Their tongues are like deadly snakes; their words are like a cobra's poison.
King James Version
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
New American Standard Bible
They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
New International Version
They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.
Selah
New King James Version
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper lurks under their lips. Selah.
Revised Standard Version
They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the poison of vipers. [Selah]
Young's Literal Translation
They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah.
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