Topic
Glitter; Glittering
7 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 32:41ISBE
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
- Job 20:25ISBE
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
- Job 39:23ISBE
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
- Ezekiel 21:10ISBE
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
- Ezekiel 21:28ISBE
¶ And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
- Nahum 3:3ISBE
The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
- Habakkuk 3:11ISBE
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 9 references
glit'-er, glit'-er-ing (baraq, "lightning"): The word is used in sense of "glittering" in the Old Testament with "sword," "spear" (De 32:41; Job 20:25; Eze 21:10,28; Na 3:3; Hab 3:11). In Eze 21:10 the Revised Version (British and American) changes "glitter" to "as lightning," and in De 32:41 the Revised Version, margin gives, "the lightning of my sword." In Job 39:23, where the word is different (lahabh), the Revised Version (British and American) has "flashing."
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.