Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. New Living Translation He will prepare his deadly weapons and shoot his flaming arrows. English Standard Version he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. Berean Standard Bible He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. King James Bible He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. New King James Version He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts. New American Standard Bible He has also prepared deadly weapons for Himself; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. NASB 1995 He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. NASB 1977 He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. Legacy Standard Bible He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. Amplified Bible He has also prepared [other] deadly weapons for Himself; He makes His arrows fiery shafts [aimed at the unrepentant]. Christian Standard Bible He has prepared his deadly weapons; he tips his arrows with fire. Holman Christian Standard Bible He has prepared His deadly weapons; He tips His arrows with fire. American Standard Version He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts. Contemporary English Version Your deadly arrows are ready with flaming tips. English Revised Version He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he maketh his arrows fiery shafts. GOD'S WORD® Translation He prepares his deadly weapons and turns them into flaming arrows. Good News Translation he takes up his deadly weapons and aims his burning arrows. International Standard Version He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts. Majority Standard Bible He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. NET Bible He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows. New Heart English Bible He has also prepared for himself deadly weapons. He makes ready his flaming arrows. Webster's Bible Translation He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. World English Bible He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIndeed, He has prepared for Himself "" Instruments of death, "" He makes His arrows for burning pursuers. Young's Literal Translation Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh. Smith's Literal Translation And he prepared to himself the instruments of death; he will work his arrows for those inflaming. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Prepares his deadly shafts, makes arrows blazing thunderbolts. New Revised Standard Version he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe has also prepared for himself the instruments of wrath; he pointed his arrows against the persecutor. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he prepares for himself the instruments of wrath; he makes his arrows burn. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, Yea, His arrows which He made sharp. Brenton Septuagint Translation And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Take Refuge in You…12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. 13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. 14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.… Cross References Ephesians 6:16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. 2 Corinthians 10:4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. Revelation 19:15 And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. Romans 13:4 For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer. 2 Thessalonians 1:8 in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. Matthew 26:52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Revelation 6:4 Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword. Luke 22:36 “Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one. Jeremiah 50:25 The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. Deuteronomy 32:41-42 when 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. / I 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.” Isaiah 34:5-6 When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 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 My son? The sword despises every such stick. / The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer. Job 20:25 It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him. Treasury of Scripture He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors. ordaineth Psalm 11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. Psalm 45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. Psalm 64:3,7 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: … persecutors 2 Thessalonians 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Revelation 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. Jump to Previous Arrows Burning Deadly Death Fiery Fire Flames Flaming Instruments Makes Maketh Making Persecutors Prepared Pursuers Ready Shafts Sharp WeaponsJump to Next Arrows Burning Deadly Death Fiery Fire Flames Flaming Instruments Makes Maketh Making Persecutors Prepared Pursuers Ready Shafts Sharp WeaponsPsalm 7 1. David prays against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence10. By faith he sees his defense, and the destruction of his enemies He has prepared The phrase "He has prepared" indicates intentionality and readiness. In the Hebrew context, the word used here is "כּוֹנֵן" (kunen), which implies establishing or making firm. This preparation is not haphazard but deliberate, reflecting God's sovereign control and meticulous planning. It suggests that God is not caught off guard by evil but is actively ready to address it. This preparation is a comfort to believers, affirming that God is always ready to act in justice and righteousness. His deadly weapons He ordains His arrows with fire Against the persecutors.--Literally, for those burning; so LXX. and Vulg. The meaning appears to be, "His arrows he makes into fiery arrows"--i.e., tips them with fire, by wrapping them in burning tow. Latin, malleoli. (Comp. Ephesians 6:16, with Note, in New Testament Commentary.) Milton's "rattling storm of arrows barb'd with fire," refers to the same custom. Verse 13. - He hath prepared for him the instruments of death. These are probably not the sword and the bow, but the "arrows" of the next clause. They are prepared "for him," i.e. for the wicked man. He ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors; rather, he maketh his arrows to be fiery ones. Hengstenberg notes that "in sieges it was customary to wrap inflammable matter round arrows, and to shoot them after it had been kindled" (compare the, fiery darts" of St. Paul, Ephesians 6:16).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He has preparedהֵכִ֣ין (hê·ḵîn) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3559: To be erect His deadly מָ֑וֶת (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin weapons; כְּלֵי־ (kə·lê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus He ordains יִפְעָֽל׃ (yip̄·‘āl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6466: To do, make, to practise His arrows חִ֝צָּ֗יו (ḥiṣ·ṣāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear with fire. לְֽדֹלְקִ֥ים (lə·ḏō·lə·qîm) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 1814: To burn, hotly pursue Links Psalm 7:13 NIVPsalm 7:13 NLT Psalm 7:13 ESV Psalm 7:13 NASB Psalm 7:13 KJV Psalm 7:13 BibleApps.com Psalm 7:13 Biblia Paralela Psalm 7:13 Chinese Bible Psalm 7:13 French Bible Psalm 7:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 7:13 He has also prepared for himself (Psalm Ps Psa.) |