Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves - In Psalm 64:3, their tongue is represented as a sword; and here, keep…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The meaning of these verses is clear. In the moment of their imagined success, their deeply-laid schemes just on the point of ripening, a sudden Di…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves. Pursuing the same subject, he remarks that the poison concocted in their sec…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

So shall they make their own tongue to fall upon themselves ,
&c.] The evil things they have wished for, threatened …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

When God brings upon people the harm they have desired for others, it is a weight sufficient to sink a person to the lowest hell. Those who love cu…

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