Psalms 64:8

King James Version 1611 (Original)

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

📖 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 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just 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 desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
• Jer 48:27 : 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
• 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 wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
• Luke 19:22 : 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that 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 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
• Ps 52:6 : 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
• 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 also.
• 1 Sam 31:3-7 : 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, 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 on the other side 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 are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
• Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
• Rev 18:10 : 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.