Psalm 140:3
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
8150 [e]שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ
šā-nă-nū
They sharpenV-Qal-Perf-3cp
3956 [e]לְשׁוֹנָם֮
lə-šō-w-nām
their tonguesN-csc | 3mp
3644 [e]כְּֽמוֹ־
kə-mōw-
likePrep
5175 [e]נָ֫חָ֥שׁ
nā-ḥāš
a serpentN-ms
2534 [e]חֲמַ֥ת
ḥă-maṯ
the poisonN-fsc
5919 [e]עַכְשׁ֑וּב
‘aḵ-šūḇ;
of aspsN-ms
8478 [e]תַּ֖חַת
ta-ḥaṯ
[is] underPrep
8193 [e]שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ
śə-p̄ā-ṯê-mōw
their lipsN-fdc | 3mp
5542 [e]סֶֽלָה׃
se-lāh.
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Hebrew Texts
תהילים 140:3 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשֹׁונָם֮ כְּֽמֹו־נָ֫חָ֥שׁ חֲמַ֥ת עַכְשׁ֑וּב תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣ימֹו סֶֽלָה׃

תהילים 140:3 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
שננו לשונם כמו־נחש חמת עכשוב תחת שפתימו סלה׃

תהילים 140:3 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
שננו לשונם כמו־נחש חמת עכשוב תחת שפתימו סלה׃

תהילים 140:3 Hebrew Bible
שננו לשונם כמו נחש חמת עכשוב תחת שפתימו סלה׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's bite; viper's venom is under their lips. Selah
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

sharpened

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Jeremiah 9:3,5 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are …

James 3:6-8 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among …

like a serpent

Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? …

Proverbs 23:32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.

Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? …

2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through …

adders

Psalm 58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf …

Romans 3:13,14 Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used …

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