Psalms 64:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּרֵ֗ם אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֥ץ פִּתְא֑וֹם הָ֝י֗וּ מַכּוֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

and-yōrēm ʾĕlōhîm ḥēṣ pitʾôm hāyû makkôtām

Grammar Details

• *yōrēm*: imperfect verb with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he will shoot them
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun functioning as singular - God
• *ḥēṣ*: masculine singular noun - arrow
• *pitʾôm*: adverb - suddenly
• *hāyû*: perfect verb, 3rd person plural - they were/became
• *makkôtām*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their wounds

Word Meanings

• *yōrēm*: shoot/strike/hit with arrow
• *ḥēṣ*: arrow/shaft
• *makkôtām*: their wounds/their plagues/their blows

Referenced Verses

• Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
• Prov 12:13 : 13 In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
• Ps 140:9 : 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
• Jer 18:16 : 16 to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
• Jer 48:27 : 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
• Nah 3:7 : 7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
• Matt 21:41 : 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
• Luke 19:22 : 22 He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;
• Ps 22:7 : 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
• Ps 31:11 : 11 Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.
• Ps 52:6 : 6 The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying],
• Ps 59:12 : 12 [ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
• Num 16:34 : 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
• 1 Sam 31:3-7 : 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. 4 Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together. 7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
• Job 15:6 : 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
• Ps 9:3 : 3 When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
• Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:
• Rev 18:10 : 10 standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.