You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)

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The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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Your (A)tongue plots destruction,
    like (B)a sharp razor, you (C)worker of deceit.

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I am in the midst of lions;(A)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(B)

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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.

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My soul is among lions;
I lie among the sons of men
Who are set on fire,
(A)Whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.

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My soul is in the midst of (A)lions;
    I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (B)teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose (C)tongues are sharp swords.

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See what they spew from their mouths(A)
    the words from their lips are sharp as swords,(B)
    and they think, “Who can hear us?”(C)

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Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

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Indeed, they belch with their mouth;
(A)Swords are in their lips;
For they say, (B)“Who hears?”

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There they are, (A)bellowing with their mouths
    with (B)swords in their lips—
    for (C)“Who,” they think,[a] “will hear us?”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think

20 In that day(A) the Lord will use(B) a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River(C)—the king of Assyria(D)—to shave your head and private parts, and to cut off your beard(E) also.(F)

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20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

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20 In the same day the Lord will shave with a (A)hired (B)razor,
With those from beyond [a]the River, with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:20 The Euphrates

20 In that day (A)the Lord will (B)shave with a razor that is (C)hired beyond (D)the River[a]—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:20 That is, the Euphrates

God’s Razor of Judgment

“Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor(A) to shave(B) your head and your beard.(C) Then take a set of scales and divide up the hair.

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And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

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A Sword Against Jerusalem

“And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, take it as a barber’s razor, (A)and pass it over your head and your beard; then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.

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Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed

“And you, (A)O son of man, take a (B)sharp sword. Use it as (C)a barber's razor and (D)pass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.

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