Psalms 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Psalms 7:12 in other translations
| BSB | If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. |
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| 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; |
| YLT | If one turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden--He prepareth it, |
| DARBY | If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready, |
| BBE | If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready. |
| Webster | If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. |
What does Psalms 7:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 7:12-13
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 7:10-17
David is confident that he shall find God his powerful Saviour. The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for it is threatened, If he turn not from his evil way, let him expect it will be his ruin. But amidst the threatenings of wrath, we have a gracious offer of mercy. God gives sinners warning of their danger, and space to repent, and prevent it. He is slow to punish, and long-suffering to…
Psalms 7:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 7:12
- Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- Matthew 3:10
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Deuteronomy 32:41
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
- Psalms 85:4
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
- Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Isaiah 34:5
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
- Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Ezekiel 21:23
And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
- Jeremiah 31:18-19
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
- Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
- Ezekiel 21:9-11
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
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Context
- Psalms 7:11
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
- Psalms 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- Psalms 7:13
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms 7:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si no se convirtiere, él afilará su espada: armado tiene ya su arco, y lo ha preparado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Dieu est un juste juge, et un ✶Dieu qui s’irrite tout le jour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn er nicht umkehrt, so wetzt er sein Schwert; seinen Bogen hat er gespannt und ihn gerichtet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deus judex justus, fortis, et patiens; numquid irascitur per singulos dies? |