KJV King James Version
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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Psalm 7:13
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
WEB World English Bible
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
ASV American Standard Version
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.
Surrounding context — Psalm 7
10 My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
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2 Thessalonians 1:6Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;Habakkuk 3:13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, [even] for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.Psalm 45:5Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.Psalm 64:7But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.Habakkuk 3:11The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear.Revelation 16:6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.Revelation 6:10And 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?Psalm 18:14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.Psalm 144:6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.Lamentations 3:12-13He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.Psalm 11:2For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.Deuteronomy 32:42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; [and that] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.Psalm 64:3Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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