King James Version

Psalms 64:8

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 64:9.

וַיַּכְשִׁיל֣וּהוּvayakhshiluhvand fallכָּשַׁלconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and fall”, the next action in the storyH3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fallbereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, [idiom] utterly, be weak.עָלֵ֣ימוֹaleymvoaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…לְשׁוֹנָ֑םleshonamtongueלָשׁוֹןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “tongue”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)[phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.יִ֝תְנֹדֲד֗וּyitnodadvfleeנָדַדverb, hithpolel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “flee”, an unfinished actionH5074properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive awaychase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).רֹ֥אֵהroehseeרָאָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “see”, a verb used as a describing wordH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…בָֽםvaminבָֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(64-9) So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

World English Bible

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(64-9) So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and their tongues have set him at nought, all that saw them were troubled;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐξουθένησαν αὐτὸν αἱ γλῶσσαι αὐτῶν· ἐταράχθησαν πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες αὐτοὺς,