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Psalms 7:12

Psalms chapter 7 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;

Context

v.11God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

v.12This passage

v.13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 33:11

    Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

  • Ezekiel 21:9

    Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;

  • Isaiah 34:5

    For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

  • Deuteronomy 32:41

    If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.

  • Acts 3:19

    Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

  • Ezekiel 21:23

    And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths unto them; but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.