Psalm 64:8 He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

English Standard Version
They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

New American Standard Bible
So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake the head.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will be made to stumble; their own tongues work against them. All who see them will shake their heads.

International Standard Version
They tripped over their own tongues, and everyone who was watching ran away.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
and their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

Darby Bible Translation
By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

Young's Literal Translation
And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

Cross References

Psalm 9:3
When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.

Psalm 22:7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

Psalm 44:14
You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

Jeremiah 48:27
For was not Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for since you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.

Lamentations 2:15
All that pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

64:7-10 When God brings upon men the mischiefs they have desired on others, it is weight enough to sink a man to the lowest hell. Those who love cursing, it shall come upon them. Those who behold this shall understand, and observe God's hand in all; unless we do so, we are not likely to profit by the dispensations of Providence. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord; not glad of the misery and ruin of their fellow-creatures, but glad that God is glorified, and his word fulfilled, and the cause of injured innocence pleaded effectually. They rejoice not in men, nor in themselves, nor in any creature, or creature enjoyments, nor in their wisdom, strength, riches, or righteousness; but in Christ, in whom all the seed of Israel are justified and glory, and in what he is to them, and has done for them.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. their … tongue to fall, &c.—that is, the consequences of their slanders, &c. (compare Ps 10:2; 31:16).

all that see … away—Their partners in evil shall be terrified.