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Psalm 58:7

World English Bible

Let them vanish like water that flows away.
When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

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Psalm 58:7 in other translations

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Psalm 58:7 · American Standard Version

Psalm 58:7 in context

  1. 5which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers,
    no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
  2. 6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
    Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
  3. 7Let them vanish like water that flows away.
    When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
  4. 8Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
    like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
  5. 9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
    he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.