Psalms 37 · Verse 15

Psalms 37:15

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Psalms 37:15, King James Version

Psalms 37:15 in other translations

BSBBut their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
WEBTheir sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
ASVTheir sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
YLTTheir sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.
DARBYtheir sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
BBEBut their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.
WebsterTheir sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

What does Psalms 37:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 37:14-15

14-15. sword, and ... bow--for any instruments of violence. slay--literally, "slaughter" (1Sa 25:11). poor and needy--God's people (Psa 10:17; 12:5). The punishment of the wicked as drawn on themselves--often mentioned (compare Psa 7:15, 16; 35:8).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart - All their execrations and maledictions shall fall upon themselves, and their power to do mischief shall be broken.

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…

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Psalms 37:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חַ֭רְבָּםChar.bomsword theirH2719
תָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'it will goH935
בְלִבָּ֑םve.li.Bamin own heart theirH3820
וְ֝קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֗םve.ka.she.to.Tamand bows theirH7198
תִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָה\׃ti.sha.Var.nahthey will be brokenH7665

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Cross references for Psalms 37:15

  • Psalms 7:14-15

    Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

  • Psalms 35:8

    Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Hosea 2:18

    And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

  • 1 Samuel 31:4

    Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

  • Jeremiah 51:56

    Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompences shall surely requite.

  • Hosea 1:5

    And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

  • 2 Samuel 17:23

    And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

  • Psalms 46:9

    He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

  • Esther 7:9-10

    And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

  • Psalms 76:3-6

    There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

  • 1 Samuel 2:4

    The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

  • Isaiah 37:38

    And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar–haddon his son reigned in his stead.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sword.
7:14,15; 35:8; 1Sa 31:4; 2Sa 17:23; Es 7:9,10; Isa 37:38; Mic 5:6
Mt 27:4,5
bows.
46:9; 76:3-6; Jer 51:56; Ho 1:5; 2:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 37:16

    A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

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Psalms 37:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La espada de ellos entrará en su mismo corazón, y su arco será quebrado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
leur épée entrera dans leur cœur, et leurs arcs seront brisés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihr Schwert wird in ihr eigenes Herz dringen, und ihre Bogen werden zerbrochen werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et factus sum sicut homo non audiens, et non habens in ore suo redargutiones.