New Revised Standard Version
be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Contemporary English Version
But watch out for the judgment, when God will punish you!

New American Bible
Be afraid of the sword for yourselves, for your anger is a crime deserving the sword; that you may know that there is a judgment.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is a judgment.

Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is a judgment.

ye afraid

Job 13:7-11 Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him? . . .

Romans 13:1-4 Let every soul be subject to higher powers. For there is no power but from God: and those that are ordained of God. . . .

that ye may

Psalm 58:10,11 The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. . . .

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.

Matthew 7:1,2 Judge not, that you may not be judged. . . .

James 4:11,12 Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. . . .