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Psalms 89:43

41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
KJV
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
WEB
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
ASV
Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
DARBY
Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
BLB
Also You have turned back the sharpness of his sword, and You have not made it stand in the battle.
ÅB
Og du lot hans skarpe sverd vike og lot ham ikke holde stand i striden.
OTB
Du vender også bort hans sverds egg,
Og har ikke støttet ham i striden.
B1930
Og du lot hans skarpe sverd vike og lot ham ikke holde stand i striden.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 25:8

    But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

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  • Leviticus 26:36–37

    And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

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  • Numbers 14:42

    Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

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  • Numbers 14:45

    Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

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  • Joshua 7:8–12

    O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

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  • Joshua 7:4–5

    So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

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  • Ezekiel 30:21–25

    Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

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  • Psalms 44:10

    Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

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