Psalms 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Psalms 37:14 in other translations
| BSB | The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright. |
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| WEB | The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path. |
| ASV | The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way. |
| YLT | A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way. |
| DARBY | The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in the way: |
| BBE | The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways. |
| Webster | The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of upright deportment. |
What does Psalms 37:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 37:14-15
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 37:7-20
Let us be satisfied that God will make all to work for good to us. Let us not discompose ourselves at what we see in this world. A fretful, discontented spirit is open to many temptations. For, in all respects, the little which is allotted to the righteous, is more comfortable and more profitable than the ill-gotten and abused riches of ungodly men. It comes from a hand of special love. God provides plentifully and…
Psalms 37:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 37:14
- Proverbs 29:27
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
- Psalms 11:2
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
- 1 John 3:12
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
- Proverbs 29:10
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
- Psalms 64:2-6
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? …
- Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
- Psalms 35:10
All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- 1 Samuel 24:17
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
- 1 Samuel 24:11
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
- Acts 12:11
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
- Matthew 23:30-34
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? …
- Acts 12:2-3
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
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- Psalms 37:13
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
- Psalms 37:14
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
- Psalms 37:15
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Psalms 37:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los impíos desenvainaron espada, y entesaron su arco, para derribar al pobre y al menesteroso, para matar á los de recto proceder. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les méchants ont tiré l’épée et ont bandé leur arc, pour faire tomber l’affligé et le pauvre, pour égorger ceux qui marchent dans la droiture: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Gesetzlosen haben das Schwert gezogen und ihren Bogen gespannt, um zu fällen den Elenden und den Armen, hinzuschlachten, die in Geradheit wandeln. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ego autem, tamquam surdus, non audiebam; et sicut mutus non aperiens os suum. |