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Psalms 21:12

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

KJV

ne discesseris a me, quoniam tribulatio proxima est, quoniam non est qui adjuvet.

Vulgate

ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ βοηθῶν.

LXX

For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

ASV

כִּי נָט֣וּ עָלֶ֣י/ךָ רָעָ֑ה חָֽשְׁב֥וּ מְ֝זִמָּ֗ה בַּל יוּכָֽלוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּל
bl
particle · 72×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְזִמּ֣וֹת
mzmvt
noun · 19×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Lam 3:12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
  • Num 24:8 — God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
  • Ps 7:12 — If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 18:40 — Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
  • Ps 18:40 — Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
  • Ps 45:5 — Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
  • Ps 64:7 — But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
  • Ps 144:6 — Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.