Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short. New Living Translation May they disappear like water into thirsty ground. Make their weapons useless in their hands. English Standard Version Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted. Berean Standard Bible May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted. King James Bible Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. New King James Version Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces. New American Standard Bible May they flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, may they be as headless shafts. NASB 1995 Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. NASB 1977 Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. Legacy Standard Bible Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. Amplified Bible Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. Christian Standard Bible May they vanish like water that flows by; may they aim their blunted arrows. Holman Christian Standard Bible They will vanish like water that flows by; they will aim their useless arrows. American Standard Version Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. Contemporary English Version Make them disappear like leaking water, and make their arrows miss. English Revised Version Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. GOD'S WORD® Translation Let them disappear like water that drains away. When they aim their bows, let their arrows miss the target. Good News Translation May they disappear like water draining away; may they be crushed like weeds on a path. International Standard Version May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows. Majority Standard Bible May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted. NET Bible Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass! New Heart English Bible Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. Webster's Bible Translation Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. World English Bible Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThey are melted as waters, "" They go up and down for themselves, "" His arrow proceeds as they cut themselves off. Young's Literal Translation They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off. Smith's Literal Translation They shall melt away as water shall go about to them: he will bend his arrow, they shall be as cut off. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Make them vanish like water flowing away; trodden down, let them wither like grass. New Revised Standard Version Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLet them be rejected as water which is contaminated; let God shoot his arrows until the wicked are destroyed. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated They will be rejected like waters that are thrown out and he will shoot his arrows until they are finished. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. Brenton Septuagint Translation They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Judges the Earth…6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions. 7May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted. 8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.… Cross References Job 20:8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. Isaiah 17:13 The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale. Hosea 13:3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window. James 4:14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Psalm 37:20 But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away. Psalm 73:19 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Proverbs 10:25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever. Isaiah 40:24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble. Job 21:18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? Psalm 1:4 Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind. Matthew 7:27 The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!” Isaiah 41:2 Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow. Nahum 1:10 For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry. Psalm 68:2 As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God. Isaiah 29:5 But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant, Treasury of Scripture Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. Psalm 64:7,8 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded… Psalm 112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. Jump to Previous Aims Apace Arrow Arrows Bendeth Blunt Bow Continually Cut Draw Flow Flows Grass Liquid Melt Melted Pieces Proceedeth Run Runneth Runs Shoot Themselves Trodden Turned Vanish Water Waters Way WitherJump to Next Aims Apace Arrow Arrows Bendeth Blunt Bow Continually Cut Draw Flow Flows Grass Liquid Melt Melted Pieces Proceedeth Run Runneth Runs Shoot Themselves Trodden Turned Vanish Water Waters Way WitherPsalm 58 1. David reproves wicked judges3. describes the nature of the wicked 6. devotes them to God's judgments 10. whereat the righteous shall rejoice Let them vanish like water that runs off This phrase uses the imagery of water, a common biblical symbol for life and cleansing, to describe the fleeting nature of the wicked's power and influence. The Hebrew root for "vanish" (אָבַד, 'avad) conveys a sense of perishing or being destroyed. Historically, water in the ancient Near East was a precious resource, and its disappearance would be both noticeable and impactful. The psalmist is invoking a powerful image of the wicked's inevitable downfall, suggesting that just as water quickly disappears when spilled, so too will the plans and actions of the unrighteous dissipate. when he draws the bow let their arrows be blunted They are utterly gone, as when One shoots his arrows. This figure thus becomes also clear and striking. The arrow once shot is irrevocably gone, probably lost, fit emblem of the fate of the wicked. For the ellipse in bend (literally, tread, see Psalm 7:12), comp. Psalm 64:3, where also the action properly belonging to the bow is transferred to the arrow. The words, "Let them be as cut in pieces," must be carried on to the following verse, which contains two fresh images: So they are cut off (LXX., "are weak ") as shabl-l melts; (as) the abortion of a woman passes away without seeing the sun. The word shabl-l, by its derivation (b?lal = to pour out) may mean any liquid or moist substance. Hence some understand a watercourse, others (LXX. and Vulg.) wax. The first would weaken the passage by introducing a bald repetition of a previous image. The second is quite intelligible. But the Talmud says shabl-l is a slug or shelless snail, and there may be a reference in the passage to the popular notion derived from the slimy track of the creature, that the slug dissolves as it moves, and eventually melts away. Dr. Tristram, however (Nat. Hist. Bib., p. 295), finds scientific support for the image in the myriads of snail shells found in the Holy Land, still adhering, by the calcareous exudation round the orifice, to the surface of the rock, while the animal itself is utterly shrivelled and wasted. The last image presents no difficulty either in language or form, except that the form of the noun woman is unusual. That they may not.--That this refers to the abortion which passed away without seeing the sun, is certain. The grammatical difficulty of want of concord may be got over by taking abortion as a collective noun. . . . Verse 7. - Let them melt away as waters which run continually; i.e. "let them waste away, and go to naught, like water, that runs off and accomplishes nothing." When he bendoth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces; i.e. "let the arrows be as though snapped in two, or headless."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew May they vanishיִמָּאֲס֣וּ (yim·mā·’ă·sū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear like כְמוֹ־ (ḵə·mōw-) Preposition Strong's 3644: Like, as, when water מַ֭יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen that runs off; יִתְהַלְּכוּ־ (yiṯ·hal·lə·ḵū-) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk when they draw the bow, יִדְרֹ֥ךְ (yiḏ·rōḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow may their arrows חִ֝צָּ֗יו (ḥiṣ·ṣāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear be blunted. יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃ (yiṯ·mō·lā·lū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy Links Psalm 58:7 NIVPsalm 58:7 NLT Psalm 58:7 ESV Psalm 58:7 NASB Psalm 58:7 KJV Psalm 58:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 58:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 58:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 58:7 French Bible Psalm 58:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 58:7 Let them vanish as water that flows (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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