Psalm 58:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Let them flowיִמָּאֲס֣וּ
(yim·ma·'a·su)
3988b: to flow, runa prim. root
away likeכְמֹו־
(che·mov-)
3644: like, as, whena pleonastic form of a preposition prefix
waterמַ֭יִם
(ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
that runs off;יִתְהַלְּכוּ־
(yit·hal·le·chu-)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
[When] he aimsיִדְרֹ֥ךְ
(yid·roch)
1869: to tread, marcha prim. root
his arrows,(חִ֝צָּ֗יו
(chi·tzav)
2671: arrowfrom chatsats
let them be as headless 
 
4448d: to circumcisea prim. root
shafts.יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃
(yit·mo·la·lu.)
4135: to circumcisea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Let them melt away
ma'ac  (maw-as')
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
as waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
which run continually
halak  (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
when he bendeth
darak  (daw-rak')
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending) -- archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
his bow to shoot his arrows
chets  (khayts)
a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
let them be as cut in pieces
muwl  (mool)
to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will vanish like water that flows by; they will aim their useless arrows.

International Standard Version
May they flow away like rain water that runs off, may they become like someone who shoots broken arrows.

NET Bible
Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They will be rejected like waters that are thrown out and he will shoot his arrows until they are finished.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Let them disappear like water that drains away. When they aim their bows, let their arrows miss the target.

King James 2000 Bible
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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