Psalm 37:15 “But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be…”

Psalm 37:15

But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

World English Bible

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

American Standard Version

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

Geneva Bible 1599

But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.

Darby Translation

their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Young's Literal Translation

Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

Bible in Basic English

But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

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Cross references

“sword”

Psalm 35:8 1 Samuel 31:4 2 Samuel 17:23 Isaiah 37:38 Micah 5:6 Psalm 7:14

Psalm 35:8 · BSB

May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

1 Samuel 31:4 · BSB

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, 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 t…

2 Samuel 17:23 · BSB

When 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.

Isaiah 37:38 · BSB

One 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.

Micah 5:6 · BSB

And 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.

Psalm 7:14 · BSB

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

“bows”

Psalm 46:9 Jeremiah 51:56 Hosea 1:5 Hosea 2:18 Psalm 76:3–6

Psalm 46:9 · BSB

He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

Jeremiah 51:56 · BSB

For 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 1:5 · BSB

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Hosea 2:18 · BSB

On 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 battle in the land, and will make them li…

Psalm 76:3–6 · BSB

There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah

Also

1 Samuel 2:4

1 Samuel 2:4 · BSB

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

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