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Psalms 58:6

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

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ASV

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

KJV

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים'elo.HimO GodH430 →
הֲרָס־ha.ros-break awayH2040 →
שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹshi.Nei.movteeth theirH8127 →
בְּפִ֑ימוֹbe.Fi.movin mouth theirH6310 →
מַלְתְּע֥וֹתmal.te.'ot[the] teeth ofH4459 →
כְּ֝פִירִ֗יםke.fi.Rimyoung lionsH3715 →
נְתֹ֣ץ׀ne.Totzbreak offH5422 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehO YahwehH3068 →

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Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.Job 4:10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.Job 4:10–11The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.Job 29:17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.Psalms 17:12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.Psalms 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.Lamentations 3:16He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.Ezekiel 30:21–26“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.Numbers 23:24Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”Isaiah 31:4For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.Psalms 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.Zechariah 9:7I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.Jeremiah 51:38They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

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