Jeremiah 9:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Their tongue{H3956} is a deadly{H7819} arrow;{H2671} it speaketh{H1696} deceit:{H4820} one speaketh{H1696} peaceably{H7965} to his neighbor{H7453} with his mouth,{H6310} but in his heart{H7130} he layeth{H7760} wait{H696} for him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Their tongue{H3956} is as an arrow{H2671} shot out{H7819}{(H8803)}; it speaketh{H1696}{(H8765)} deceit{H4820}: one speaketh{H1696}{(H8762)} peaceably{H7965} to his neighbour{H7453} with his mouth{H6310}, but in heart{H7130} he layeth{H7760}{(H8799)} his wait{H696}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Their tunges are like sharpe arowes, to speake disceate. With their mouth they speake peaceably to their neghboure, but preuely they laye waite for him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart hee layeth waite for him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Their tongues are like sharpe arrowes to speake deceipt: with their mouth they speake peaceablie to their neighbour, but priuilie they lay wayte for hym.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words. 4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him; 25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there under the fifth rib, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.
  • Jer 9:5 : 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
  • Matt 26:48-49 : 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. 49 And immediately he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jer 9:3-6
    4 verses
    83%

    3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.

    4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.

    5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

    6 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD.

  • Ps 64:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

    4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.

  • Ps 5:9
    79%

    9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 35:20
    78%

    20 For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 10:7
    78%

    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Ps 55:21
    76%

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

  • Ps 52:2
    76%

    2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war.

    3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

  • Ps 12:2
    75%

    2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 24:2
    75%

    2 For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Mic 6:12
    75%

    12 For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2 For behold, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, to secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Rom 3:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'

    14 'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

    15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:'

  • Ps 59:7
    74%

    7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears?

  • Ps 109:2
    74%

    2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Prov 12:20
    74%

    20 Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

  • Ps 64:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.

    8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

  • Jer 9:9
    73%

    9 Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Ps 73:9
    73%

    9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Ps 59:12
    73%

    12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Prov 26:24
    72%

    24 He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.

  • Ps 37:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

    15 Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  • Jer 8:11
    72%

    11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • Ps 50:19
    72%

    19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Jer 4:10
    72%

    10 Then I said: Ah, Lord GOD! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the soul.

  • Jer 5:26
    72%

    26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 120:3
    72%

    3 What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

  • Mic 3:5
    72%

    5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who make my people err, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

  • Prov 6:14
    71%

    14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26 Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

  • Ps 62:4
    71%

    4 They only plan to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 21:11
    71%

    11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

  • Prov 26:28
    71%

    28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Ps 140:9
    71%

    9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.

  • Hos 7:6
    71%

    6 For they prepare their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

  • Prov 17:4
    71%

    4 A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.