Psalms 7:12

In 11 translations

BSB

If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

KJV

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

WEB

If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

ASV

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

LSV

If [one] does not turn, || He sharpens His sword, || He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,

YLT

If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden — He prepareth it,

DBY

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

DRC7:13

Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword: he hath bent his bow and made it ready.

GNV

Except he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie.

JPS7:13

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

LXXE7:13

If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Original-language editions

WLC7:13

אִם־לֹ֣א יָ֭שׁוּב חַרְבּ֣וֹ יִלְט֑וֹשׁ קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ דָ֝רַ֗ךְ וַֽיְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃KJV:Ps.7.12

LXX-Br7:13

Ἐὰν μὴ ἐπιστραφῆτε, τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ στιλβώσει, τὸ τόξον αὐτοῦ ἐνέτεινε, καὶ ἡτοίμασεν αὐτό.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

• Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
• Matthew 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
• Isaiah 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our…
• Deuteronomy 32:41when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
• Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
• Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
• Ezekiel 21:23It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.
• Isaiah 34:5When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
• Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
• Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should…
• Jeremiah 31:18–19I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God. After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I…
• Ezekiel 21:9–11“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished— it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of…

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