Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
KJV
Ecce non dormitabit neque dormiet qui custodit Israël.
Vulgate
ἰδοὺ οὐ νυστάξει οὐδὲ ἐξυπνώσει ὁ φυλάσσων τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
ASV
חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גַֽחֲלֵי
gchly
noun · 18×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
ו
v
noun · 45×
ם
m
verb · 9×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
רֹ֣תֶם
rtm
noun · 4×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Paul wishing to show the difference between the New and Old [Covenant], scatters it everywhere; and shoots from afar, and noises it abroad, and prepares beforehand. For at once even from the introduction, he laid down this saying, that to them indeed He spoke by prophets, but to us by the Son c. i. 1, 2, and to them at sundry times and in various manners, but to us through t…
Cross-references
- Jas 3:5 — Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
- Job 20:26 — All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
- Prov 12:22 — Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
- Prov 16:27 — An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
- Prov 18:21 — Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
- Prov 19:5 — A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
- Prov 19:9 — A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
- Ps 45:5 — Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
- Ps 127:4 — As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
- Ps 140:10 — Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
- Rom 12:20 — Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
- Song 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.