Psalms 7:12
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
If 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.
14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- KJV
- If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- WEB
- If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
- ASV
- If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- DARBY
- If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,
- BLB
- If one shall not turn back, [then] He sharpens His sword; He has bent His bow and prepared [it].
- ÅB
- Dersom overtrederen ikke vender om, så kvesser Gud sverdet,
spenner buen sin og gjør den klar. - OTB
- Hvis man ikke omvender seg, vil han skjerpe sitt sverd;
Han har spent sin bue og gjort den klar. - B1930
- Dersom han ikke vender om, så hvesser han sitt sverd, spenner sin bue og gjør den ferdig / < den ugudelige.> / < Gud.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Read in contextMatthew 3:10
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:41
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.
Read in contextPsalms 85:4
Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:30
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:5
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
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