21 His buttery words are smooth,[a]
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:21 Some Hb mss, Sym, Syr, Tg, Jer read His speech is smoother than butter

21 His talk is smooth as butter,(A)
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,(B)
    yet they are drawn swords.(C)

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21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

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Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from[a] their lips.(A)
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”(B)

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  1. Psalm 59:7 Lit swords are on

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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