KJV King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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Psalm 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
WEB World English Bible
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
ASV American Standard Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
Surrounding context — Psalm 120
1 A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7 I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.
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James 3:5-8Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!Proverbs 18:21Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.Proverbs 12:22Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.Psalm 45:5Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.Proverbs 16:27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.Psalm 140:9-11[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.Psalm 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?Psalm 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.Psalm 57:4My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.Proverbs 11:9An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.Psalm 7:13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.Deuteronomy 32:23-24I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.Proverbs 11:12He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.Proverbs 18:8The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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