King James Version
psalm 58:7 in the King James Version says “Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in p...” — study this verse from psalm chapter 58 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
psalm 58:7 · KJV
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. charming: or, be the charmer never so cunning
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
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.
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. both: Heb. as living as wrath
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