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.