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Blessed Be the LORD, My Rock

Psalms 144:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
KJV
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
WEB
Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.
ASV
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
LSV
Send forth lightning, and scatter them, || Send forth Your arrows, and trouble them,
YLT
Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,
DBY
Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:
DRC143:6
Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: shoot out thy arrows, and thou shalt trouble them.
GNV
Cast forth the lightning and scatter them: shoote out thine arrowes, and consume them.
JPS
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them.
LXXE143:6
Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃
LXX-Br143:6
Ἄστραψον ἀστραπὴν καὶ σκορπιεῖς αὐτοὺς, ἐξαπόστειλον τὰ βέλη σου καὶ συνταράξεις αὐτούς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
  • Psalms 18:13–14The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire. He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
  • Deuteronomy 32:42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
  • Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
  • Psalms 7:12–13If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
  • 2 Samuel 22:12–15He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds. From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth. The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. He shot…
  • Psalms 45:5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
  • Psalms 77:17–18The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 143:6 in some Bibles
  • 144:6 in most Bibles

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