Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageYour tongue plots destruction, sharp as a whetted razor — you master of deception.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GYour tongue devises havoc like a honed razor — O worker of deceit.
KJV
King James VersionThy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleYour tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Footnotes
*Havvot* (הַוּוֹת), rendered 'havoc' in FOG, carries the force of devastating, violent ruin — not ordinary harm but catastrophic destruction (cf. Ps. 5:9). *Ta'ar meluttash* (תַּעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ), 'a honed razor', is not just any blade but one deliberately sharpened for maximum damage, a vivid image of intentional, premeditated verbal violence. The tongue is the instrument — the exact mechanism of Doeg's betrayal — making the metaphor historically pointed. FOG renders *havvot* as 'havoc' for visceral force; FOG Message uses 'destruction' to carry the weight more broadly.