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Lexicon :: Strong's H3956 - lāšôn

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לָשׁוֹן
Transliteration
lāšôn
Pronunciation
law-shone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1131a

Strong’s Definitions

לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x

The KJV translates Strong's H3956 in the following manner: tongue (98x), language (10x), bay (3x), wedge (2x), babbler (1x), flame (1x), speaker (with H376) (1x), talkers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x
The KJV translates Strong's H3956 in the following manner: tongue (98x), language (10x), bay (3x), wedge (2x), babbler (1x), flame (1x), speaker (with H376) (1x), talkers (1x).

  1. tongue

    1. tongue (of men)

      1. tongue (literal)

      2. tongue (organ of speech)

    2. language

    3. tongue (of animals)

    4. tongue (of fire)

    5. wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
STRONGS H3956: Abbreviations
† לָשׁוֺן noun masculineJoshua 7:29 and (more often) feminineIsaiah 28:11 tongue (Late Hebrew id.; also Assyrian lišânu; Arabic bdb054604; Ethiopic bdb054605; Aramaic H3961 לִשָּׁן, לִישָּׁן, bdb054606 (all li-); Zinjirli לשן DHMSendsch. 59); — absolute ל׳ Exodus 4:10 +; הַלָּשֹׁן Joshua 15:2; construct לְשׁוֺן Joshua 7:21 +; suffix לְשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2; לְשֹׁנוֺ Exodus 11:7 + 2 times; לְשׁוֺנוֺ Judges 7:5; Esther 1:22; לְשׁוֺנְךָ Psalm 34:14; לְשׁוֺנְכֶם Isaiah 59:3, etc.; plural לְשֹׁנוֺת absolute Psalm 31:21; Isaiah 66:18; construct Zechariah 8:23; suffix לְשֹׁנֹתָם Genesis 10:20, 31; —
1. tongue of men,
a. used in lapping Judges 7:5; cleaving to the palate (חֵק), in thirst Lamentations 4:4, so as to produce dumbness Job 29:10 (|| קוֺל נֶחְבָּא), Psalm 137:6; Ezekiel 3:26 (|| נֶאֱלַם); cleaving to jaws (מַלְקוֺחַ) Psalm 22:16; בַּצָּמָא נָשָׁ֑תָּה ל׳ Isaiah 41:17 their tongue for thirst is parched; תִּמַּק בְּפִיהֶם לְ׳ Zechariah 14:12 (of י׳'s judgment); a choice morsel is held תַּחַת ל׳ Job 20:12 (figurative of mischief), compare Psalm 10:7 (ready to be uttered), Psalm 66:17 (|| פֶּה), Songs 4:11.
b. usually as organ of speech, both good and bad (especially Psalms, Proverbs, often ||פֶּה, שָׂפָה); — כְּבַד ל׳ Exodus 4:10 (J) heavy of tongue; מַעֲנֵה ל׳ Proverbs 16:1, מִלָּתוֺ עַללְֿשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2, compare Proverbs 31:26; Psalm 139:4 (בִּל׳), הֲיֵשׁ בִּלְשׁוֺנִי עַוְלָה Job 6:30; מָוֶת וְחַיִּים בְּיַד ל׳ Proverbs 18:21, compare Proverbs 21:23; Proverbs 25:15; of (false) prophets, הַלֹּקְהִים ל׳ Jeremiah 23:31; subject of verb of speaking, בֶּר Di — בִחִכִּי דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֺנִי Job 33:2; Psalm 12:4; Psalm 37:30; compare (Jeremiah 9:7 below and) ֗֗֗ תְּמַהֵר ל׳ לְדַבֵּר Isaiah 32:4, לְשׁוֺנִי עֵט סֹפֵר מָהִיר Psalm 45:2, i.e. as swift as a rapid scribe's stylus; subject of הָגָה Isaiah 59:3; Job 27:4; Psalm 35:28; Psalm 71:24; subject of נִשְׁבַּע Isaiah 45:23; תִּהַלַךְ בָּאָרֶץ ל׳ Psalm 73:9; of hostile speech, insolence, etc., Joshua 10:21 (J E; object of I. חָרַץ which see, compare 3 below), Jeremiah 18:18; Isaiah 3:8; זַעַם ל׳ Hosea 7:16 (but text dubious, compare We Now), חֶרֶב חַדָּה ל׳ Psalm 57:6, compare Psalm 64:4; כְּמוֺ נָחָשׁ שָֽׁנְנוּ ל׳ Psalm 140:4; תָּקוּם אִתָּךְ כָּללֿ׳ Isaiah 54:17; הֶאֱרִיךְ ל׳ Isaiah 57:4; further, Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 9:4; as instrument of seductive flattery (הֶחֱלִיק), without בְּ, Psalm 5:10; Proverbs 28:33, compare נָכְרִיָּה חֶלְקַת לָ׳ Proverbs 6:24;. of falsehood Psalm 78:36 (compare below); of slander (compare לושֵׁן) רָגַל עַללֿ׳ Psalm 15:3, אִישׁ לָשׁוֺן Psalm 140:12, compare סָ֑תֶר לְ׳ Proverbs 25:33; חָטָא בְּל׳ Psalm 39:2; compare Psalm 64:9 (text dubious, see Hup Che Bae); moral qualities ascribed to: — as arrogant Psalm 12:5 (compare Psalm 12:4 above); as devising injuries, הַוּוֺת תַּחְשֹׁב ל׳ Psalm 52:4, compare הַוֺת לְ׳ Proverbs 17:4; תַּצְמִיד מִרְמָה ל׳ Psalm 50:19 nectere fraudem; מֵרָ֑ע נְצֹר ל׳ Psalm 34:14 ׅ || (וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ מִדַּבֵּר מִרְמָה; often of lying tongue: לְשׁוֺן שֶׁקֶר Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 12:19; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 26:28; Psalm 109:2; מִרְמָה לְ׳ Psalm 52:6; רְמִיָּה לָ׳ Micah 6:12; Psalm 120:2; Psalm 120:3; תַּרְמִית לְ׳ Zephaniah 3:13; תַּהְפֻּכוֹת לְ׳ Proverbs 10:31, and בִּל׳ נֶהְפָּךְ Proverbs 17:20; עֲרוּמִים ל׳Job 15:5; also מִרְמָה דִּבֵּ֑ר ל׳ Jeremiah 9:7; on the other hand צַדִּיק לְ׳ Proverbs 10:20; חֲכָמִים ל׳ Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 15:2; לָ׳ מַרְפֵּה מַרְמֵּה לָ׳ Proverbs 15:4; לִמּוּדִים לְ׳ Isaiah 50:4. — Note phrases שׁוֺט ל׳ Job 5:21 scourge of (the) tongue, רִיב לְשֹׁנוֺת Psalm 31:21; לְשׁוֺנָם פַּלַּג Psalm 55:10: also בַּעַל הַלּ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:11 (of serpent-charmer), and וַתֵּעֲלוּ עַלשְֿׂפַת ל׳ Ezekiel 36:3. — On tongue of י׳ (once), see 4 below.
†c. organ of singing, subject of רָנַן Psalm 51:16; Psalm 126:2; Isaiah 35:6, עָנָה Psalm 119:172.
2. = language Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 5:15 and later, namely: Ezekiel 3:5, 6 (כִּבְדֵי ל׳, || עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה, but strike out Greek Version of the LXX Manuscripts Co SgfrKauAT), Isaiah 28:11 (|| אַחֶרֶת ל׳, לַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה, figurative of י׳'s unintelligible dealings); עַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג ל׳ Isaiah 33:19 (|| עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה); Isaiah 66:18 (|| גּוֺיִם), Zechariah 8:23; Genesis 10:5, 20, 31 (all P), Nehemiah 13:24; Esther 1:22 (twice in verse); Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:4.
3. tongue of animals: dog Exodus 11:7 (J; object of I. חָרַץ which see; compare 1b), Psalm 68:24; adder Job 20:16 (subjectof תַּהֲרֹג); crocodile Job 40:25.
4. tongue of fire, devouring, כֶּאֱכֹל קַשׁ לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24; compare of י׳, וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ כְּאֵשׁ אֹכָ֑לֶת Isaiah 30:27 (|| שְׂפָתָיו מָֽלְאוּ זַעַם).
5. = (tongue-shaped) wedge of gold Joshua 7:21, 24 (JE). **So Assyrian lišânu; see MeissnZAW xxlii {1905}, 151 f. JohnsAssyrian Deeds 2, 281.
6. = (tongue-shaped) bay of sea Isaiah 11:15; Joshua 15:2, 5; Joshua 18:19 (all P).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 11:7; 11:7

Deuteronomy

28:49

Joshua

7:21; 7:21; 7:24; 10:21; 15:2; 15:2; 15:5; 18:19

Judges

7:5; 7:5

2 Samuel

23:2; 23:2

Nehemiah

13:24

Esther

1:22; 1:22; 3:12; 8:9

Job

5:21; 6:30; 15:5; 20:12; 20:16; 27:4; 29:10; 33:2

Psalms

5:10; 10:7; 12:4; 12:4; 12:5; 15:3; 22:16; 31:21; 31:21; 34:14; 34:14; 35:28; 37:30; 39:2; 45:2; 50:19; 51:16; 52:4; 52:6; 55:10; 57:6; 64:4; 64:9; 66:17; 68:24; 71:24; 73:9; 78:36; 109:2; 119:172; 120:2; 120:3; 126:2; 137:6; 139:4; 140:4; 140:12

Proverbs

6:17; 6:24; 10:20; 10:31; 12:18; 12:19; 15:2; 15:4; 16:1; 17:4; 17:20; 18:21; 21:6; 21:23; 25:15; 26:28; 31:26

Ecclesiastes

10:11

Song of Songs

4:11

Isaiah

3:8; 5:24; 11:15; 28:11; 28:11; 30:27; 32:4; 33:19; 35:6; 41:17; 45:23; 50:4; 54:17; 57:4; 59:3; 59:3; 66:18; 66:18

Jeremiah

5:15; 9:2; 9:4; 9:7; 9:7; 18:18; 23:31

Lamentations

4:4

Ezekiel

3:5; 3:6; 3:26; 36:3

Daniel

1:4

Hosea

7:16

Micah

6:12

Zephaniah

3:13

Zechariah

8:23; 8:23; 14:12

H3956

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Strong's Number H3956 matches the Hebrew לָשׁוֹן (lāšôn),
which occurs 117 times in 115 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 10:5–Psa 68:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20 - These were the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31 - These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:10 - And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in [fn]former times, neither from the time that thou hast begun to speak to thy servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - But among all the children of Israel shall not a dog snarl with his tongue, either at man or beast; that thou mayest know how wide a distinction the Lord will make between the Egyptians and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:49 - The Lord shall bring upon thee a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice thou shalt not [fn]understand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachms of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachms, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people were with him; and he brought them to [fn]Emec Achor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:21 - And all the people returned [fn]safe to Joshua to Makeda; and no one of the children of Israel murmured with his tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the [fn]high country that extends southward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - And their boundaries eastward are all the salt sea as far as Jordan; and their borders from the north, and from the border of the sea, and from part of Jordan—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - And the termination of the borders shall be at the creek of the salt sea northward to the side of Jordan southward: these are their southern borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gedeon, Whosoever shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, thou shalt set him apart, and also whosoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:2 - The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:24 - and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and did not know how to speak in the Jewish language.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their several languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 - He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:5 - Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:12 - Though evil be sweet in his mouth, though he will hide it under his tongue;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 - And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - And they that heard me blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:2 - For behold, I have opened my mouth, and my tongue has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - (LXX 40:25) But wilt thou catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - (LXX 5:10) For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their [fn] throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - (LXX 9:28) Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:3 - (LXX 11:4) Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 - (LXX 11:5) who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3 - (LXX 14:3) Who has not spoken craftily with his tongue, neither has done evil to his neighbour, nor taken up a reproach against them that dwelt nearest to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - (LXX 21:16) My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and thou hast brought me down to the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - (LXX 30:21) Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - (LXX 33:14) Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 - (LXX 34:28) And my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness, and on thy praise all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30 - (LXX 36:30) The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:1 - (LXX 38:1) For the end, a Song of David, to Idithun. (38:2) I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:3 - (LXX 38:4) My heart grew hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my meditation: I spoke with my tongue,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1 - (LXX 44:1) For the end, for [fn]alternate strains by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved. (44:2) My heart [fn]has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:19 - (LXX 49:19) Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:14 - (LXX 50:16) Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - (LXX 51:4) thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:4 - (LXX 51:6) Thou hast loved all words of destruction, and a deceitful tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - (LXX 54:10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gainsaying in the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - (LXX 56:5) and he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions' whelps: I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - (LXX 63:4) who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:8 - (LXX 63:9) and their tongues have set him at nought, all that saw them were troubled;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:17 - (LXX 65:17) I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - (LXX 67:24) That thy foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of thy dogs be stained with that of thine enemies.

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