They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The (A)poison of asps 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 A serpent may bite (A)when it is not charmed;
The [a]babbler is no different.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:11 Lit. master of the tongue

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

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13 “Their(A) throat is an open [a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(B)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

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  1. Romans 3:13 grave

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