KJV King James Version
Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
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Psalm 45:5
Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
WEB World English Bible
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
ASV American Standard Version
Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They are in the heart of the king’s enemies.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thine arrows are sharp,—Peoples fall under Thee—In the heart of the enemies of the king.
Surrounding context — Psalm 45
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
6 Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
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Psalm 21:12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.Psalm 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.Numbers 24:8God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce [them] through with his arrows.Psalm 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.Zechariah 9:13-14When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.Romans 15:18-19For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,Psalm 66:3-4Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.Psalm 2:1-9Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?Luke 19:42-44Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.Acts 6:7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.Acts 4:4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.Acts 7:54When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.Acts 5:14And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)Luke 20:18-19Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.Acts 5:33When they heard [that], they were cut [to the heart], and took counsel to slay them.Acts 2:37Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?
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