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Delight Yourself in the LORD

Psalms 37:15

In 11 translations

BSB
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
KJV
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
WEB
Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
ASV
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
LSV
Their sword enters into their own heart, || And their bows are shattered.
YLT
Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.
DBY
their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
DRC36:15
Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.
GNV
But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.
JPS
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
LXXE36:15
Let their sword enter into their own heart, and their bows be broken.

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Original-language editions

WLC
חַ֭רְבָּם תָּב֣וֹא בְלִבָּ֑ם וְ֝קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֗ם תִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָה׃
LXX-Br36:15
Ἡ ῥομφαία αὐτῶν εἰσέλθοι εἰς τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ τόξα αὐτῶν συντριβείη.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 7:14–15Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
  • Psalms 35:8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
  • Hosea 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will…
  • 1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took…
  • Jeremiah 51:56For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
  • Hosea 1:5And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
  • 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
  • Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
  • Psalms 76:3–6There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game. The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last…
  • Esther 7:9–10Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the…
  • Matthew 27:4–5“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.” So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
  • Isaiah 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
  • 1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
  • Micah 5:6And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.

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

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  • 36:15 in some Bibles
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