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Psalms 58:7
Psalms 58:7 is verse 7 of Psalms chapter 58, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
Or when they are trodden down, may they wither like grass
King James Version
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.
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Psalms 58:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
7 May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
8 Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
Joshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
Joshua 2:11When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
2 Samuel 17:10Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.