Psalms 37:15

¹³ but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

¹⁶ Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
KJV: Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
WEB: Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
ASV: Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
DARBY: their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
BLB: Their sword will come [into] their own heart, and their bows will be broken.

ÅB: Sverdene deres skal treffe deres eget hjerte,
og buene deres skal knuses.
OTB: Deres sverd skal trenge inn i deres eget hjerte,
Og deres buer skal bli brutt.
B1930: Deres sverd skal komme i deres eget hjerte, og deres buer skal sønderbrytes.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 7:14–15
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
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Psalms 35:8
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
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Hosea 2:18
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
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1 Samuel 31:4
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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Jeremiah 51:56
For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
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Hosea 1:5
And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
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2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
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Psalms 46:9
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
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