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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 9:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 9:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Their tongue [03956] is as an arrow [02671] shot out [07819]; it speaketh [01696] deceit [04820]: one speaketh [01696] peaceably [07965] to his neighbour [07453] with his mouth [06310], but in heart [07130] he layeth [07760] his wait [0696]. |
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King James |
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
tongue . . . arrow shot out--rather, "a murdering arrow" [MAURER] (Jer 9:3).
speaketh peaceably . . . in heart . . . layeth . . . wait--layeth his ambush [HENDERSON], (Psa 55:21). |
21 The words of his mouth [06310] were smoother [02505] than butter [04260], but war [07128] was in his heart [03820]: his words [01697] were softer [07401] than oil [08081], yet were they drawn swords [06609].
3 And they bend [01869] their tongues [03956] like their bow [07198] for lies [08267]: but they are not valiant [01396] for the truth [0530] upon the earth [0776]; for they proceed [03318] from evil [07451] to evil [07451], and they know [03045] not me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].