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Psalms 44:6

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

KJV

Sagittæ tuæ acutæ : populi sub te cadent, in corda inimicorum regis.

Vulgate

τὰ βέλη σου ἠκονημένα, Δυνατέ· λαοὶ ὑποκάτω σου πεσοῦνται ἐν καρδίᾳ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τοῦ βασιλέως.

LXX

For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.

ASV

בְּ֭/ךָ צָרֵ֣י/נוּ נְנַגֵּ֑חַ בְּ֝/שִׁמְ/ךָ֗ נָב֥וּס קָמֵֽי/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
verb · 107×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
מִתְבּוֹסֶ֖סֶת
mtbvsst
verb · 10×
תְּנַגַּ֥ח
tngch
verb · 11×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 14:23 — So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
  • 1Sam 17:45 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou
  • 1Sam 17:47 — And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
  • 1Sam 17:47 — And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
  • Hos 1:7 — But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
  • Ps 18:29 — For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
  • Ps 20:7 — Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
  • Ps 33:16 — There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
  • Ps 33:16 — There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.