They (A)sharpen their tongues like a snake;
(B)The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

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They make their tongues as sharp as(A) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers(B) is on their lips.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.

11 If the serpent bites [a](A)before being charmed, there is no benefit for the charmer.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Lit with no incantation

11 If a snake bites before it is charmed,
    the charmer receives no fee.(A)

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13 (A)Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
(B)The venom of [a]asps is under their lips”;

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:13 I.e., venomous snakes

13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[a](A)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
  2. Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3