Psalms 64 · Verse 8

Psalms 64:8

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Psalms 64:8, King James Version

Psalms 64:8 in other translations

BSBThey will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
WEBTheir own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
ASVSo they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
YLTAnd they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
DARBYBy their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
BBEThe evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
WebsterSo they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

What does Psalms 64:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. their ... tongue to fall, &c.--that is, the consequences of their slanders, &c. (compare Psa 10:2; 31:16). all that see ... away--Their partners in evil shall be terrified.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Their own tongue to fall upon them-selves - All the plottings, counsels, and curses, they have formed against me, shall come upon themselves.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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…

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Psalms 64:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּכְשִׁיל֣וּהוּvai.yakh.shi.Lu.huand they caused to stumble himH3782
עָלֵ֣ימוֹ'a.Lei.mov[is] on themH5921
לְשׁוֹנָ֑םle.sho.Namtongue theirH3956
יִ֝תְנֹדֲד֗וּyit.no.da.Duthey will shudderH5074
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
רֹ֥אֵהRo.'eh[one who] looksH7200
בָֽם\׃Vamon <the> them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 64:8

  • Proverbs 18:7

    A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Proverbs 12:13

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

  • Psalms 140:9

    As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Psalms 31:11

    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.

  • Nahum 3:7

    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?

  • Matthew 21:41

    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.

  • Jeremiah 18:16

    To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

  • Job 15:6

    Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Psalms 22:7

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

  • Jeremiah 48:27

    For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

  • Luke 19:22

    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:

  • 1 Samuel 31:3-7

    And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 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. And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
tongue.
59:12; 140:9; Job 15:6; Pr 12:13; 18:7; Mt 21:41; Lu 19:22
all that.
31:11; 52:6; Nu 16:34; 1Sa 31:3-7; Na 3:7; Re 18:4,10

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Context

  • Psalms 64:7

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

  • Psalms 64:8

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

  • Psalms 64:9

    And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

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Psalms 64:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y harán caer sobre sí sus mismas lenguas: se espantarán todos los que los vieren.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais Dieu tirera sa flèche contre eux: soudain ils sont blessés;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie werden zu Fall gebracht, ihre Zunge kommt über sie; alle, die sie sehen, werden den Kopf schütteln.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
qui conturbas profundum maris, sonum fluctuum ejus. Turbabuntur gentes,