New International Version (NIV)
2Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
Psalm 8:2
Psalm 8:2 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
2From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have established strength
Because of Your enemies,
To do away with the enemy and the revengeful.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
2Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease. [Matt 21:15, 16]
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
2From the mouths of children and infants
You have ordained praise
on account of Your adversaries,
to silence the enemy and avenger.
American Standard Version (ASV)
2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength,
Because of thine adversaries,
That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
2Out of the mouth of babes and suckelings hast thou ordeined strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemie and the auenger.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
2You have made sure that children
and infants praise you.
Their praise is a wall
that stops the talk of your enemies.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
2You have taught children and babies to praise you.
You do that to show your enemies how strong you are.
Anyone who turns against you has to be quiet.
Your cruel enemies can do nothing!
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
2From the mouths of infants and sucklings || You have founded strength, || Because of Your adversaries, || To still an enemy and a self-avenger.