King James Version
Psalms 64:8 in the King James Version says “So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 64 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.”
Psalms 64:8 · KJV
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. they: or, we are consumed by that which they have throughly searched a diligent: Heb. a search searched
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. shall they: Heb. their wound shall be
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
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“to fall”
H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“So they shall make their own tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“them shall flee away”
H5074properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“upon themselves all that see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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