King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Complete Jewish Bible:
in order to shoot from cover at the innocent, shooting suddenly and fearing nothing.
Berean Standard Bible:
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
American Standard Version:
That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
That they may shoot{H3384}{H8800)} in secret{H4565} at the perfect{H8535}: suddenly{H6597} do they shoot{H3384}{H8686)} at him, and fear{H3372}{H8799)} not.
Cross-References (KJV):
Psalms 55:19
- God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
Psalms 11:2
- For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 10:8
- He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
Psalms 10:9
- He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
1 Peter 2:22
- Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
1 Peter 2:23
- Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
Nehemiah 4:11
- And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
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Commentary for Psalms 64:4
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3384
There are 75 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָרָה
Transliteration: yârâh
Pronunciation: yaw-raw'
Description: or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach; ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through. - Strong's Number: H4565
There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מִסְתָּר
Transliteration: miçtâr
Pronunciation: mis-tawr'
Description: from סָתַר; properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert; secret(-ly, place). - Strong's Number: H8535
There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תָּם
Transliteration: tâm
Pronunciation: tawm
Description: from תָּמַם; complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear; coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright. - Strong's Number: H6597
There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פִּתְאוֹם
Transliteration: pithʼôwm
Pronunciation: pith-ome'
Description: or פִּתְאֹם; from פֶּתַע; instantly; straightway, sudden(-ly). - Strong's Number: H3372
There are 305 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָרֵא
Transliteration: yârêʼ
Pronunciation: yaw-ray'
Description: a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).