What Does the Bible Say About Arrows?
Here are 4 Bible verses about arrows, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Psalms 127:3-5
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
BSBChildren are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
- #22 Samuel 22:15
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
BSBHe shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- #3Psalms 21:11-12
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
BSBThough they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
- #4Isaiah 49:1-26
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. …
BSBListen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me. He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver. He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.” But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.” And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength— He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.” …
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Arrows in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Deadly and destructive weapons: Pr 26:18
- Called shafts: Isa 49:2
- Sharp: Ps 120:4; Isa 5:28
- Bright and polished: Isa 49:2; Jer 51:11
- Sometimes poisoned: Job 6:4
- Carried in a quiver: Ge 27:3; Isa 49:2; Jer 5:16; La 3:13
- DISCHARGED
- From a bow: Ps 11:2; Isa 7:24
- From engines: 2Ch 26:15
- At a mark for amusement: 1Sa 20:20-22
- At the beasts of the earth: Ge 27:3
- Against enemies: 2Ki 19:32; Jer 50:14
- With great force: Nu 24:8; 2Ki 9:24
- Fleetness of, alluded to: Zec 9:14
- The ancients divined by: Eze 21:21
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ: Isa 49:2
- Of the word of Christ: Ps 45:5
- Of God's judgment: De 32:23-42; Ps 7:13; 21:12; 64:7; Eze 5:16
- Of severe afflictions: Job 6:4; Ps 38:2
- Of bitter words: Ps 64:3
- Of slanderous tongues: Jer 9:8
- Of false witnesses: Pr 25:18
- Of devices of the wicked: Ps 11:2
- Of young children: Ps 127:5
- Of lightnings: Ps 77:17,18; Hab 3:11
- (Broken), of destruction of power: Ps 76:3
- (Falling from the hand), of the paralysing power: Eze 39:3