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Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 37:15

Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Retribution;   Reward-Punishment;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Bow, the;   Punishment of the Wicked, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Estate;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Wealth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sword (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arms;   Bow;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their swords will enter their own hearts,and their bows will be broken.
Hebrew Names Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
King James Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
English Standard Version
their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
New Century Version
But their swords will stab their own hearts, and their bows will break.
New English Translation
Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
Amplified Bible
The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart, And their bow will be broken.
New American Standard Bible
Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken.
World English Bible
Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.
Legacy Standard Bible
Their sword will enter their own heart,And their bows will be broken.
Berean Standard Bible
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
Contemporary English Version
But they will be killed by their own swords, and their arrows will be broken.
Complete Jewish Bible
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
Darby Translation
their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Easy-to-Read Version
But their bows will break, and their swords will pierce their own hearts.
George Lamsa Translation
Their swords shall enter into their own hearts, and their bows shall be broken.
Good News Translation
but they will be killed by their own swords, and their bows will be smashed.
Lexham English Bible
Their sword will enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Literal Translation
Their sword shall enter into their heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles, their swerde shal go thorow their owne hert, and their bowe shalbe broke.
American Standard Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
Bible in Basic English
But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
King James Version (1611)
Their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shall be broken.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let their sword enter into their own heart, and their bows be broken.
English Revised Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Her swerd entre in to the herte of hem silf; and her bouwe be brokun.
Update Bible Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
Webster's Bible Translation
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
New King James Version
Their sword shall enter their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
New Living Translation
But their swords will stab their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
New Life Bible
Their sword will cut into their own heart, and their bows will be broken.
New Revised Standard
their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Their sword, shall enter into their own heart, and, their bow, shall be broken.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-15) Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.
Revised Standard Version
their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken.

Contextual Overview

7 Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices. 8 Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil. 9 For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land. 10 And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not. 11 And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth. 13 The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh. 14 A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way. 15 Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered. 16 Better [is] the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sword: Psalms 7:14, Psalms 7:15, Psalms 35:8, 1 Samuel 31:4, 2 Samuel 17:23, Esther 7:9, Esther 7:10, Isaiah 37:38, Micah 5:6, Matthew 27:4, Matthew 27:5

bows: Psalms 46:9, Psalms 76:3-6, Jeremiah 51:56, Hosea 1:5, Hosea 2:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:24 - were made 1 Samuel 2:4 - The bows Esther 8:11 - to destroy Esther 8:13 - avenge themselves Psalms 9:15 - General Psalms 141:10 - the wicked Isaiah 8:9 - and ye

Cross-References

Genesis 21:14
And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;
Judges 4:22
And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to meet him, and saith to him, `Come, and I shew thee the man whom thou art seeking;' and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is fallen -- dead, and the pin in his temples.
2 Kings 6:19
And Elisha saith unto them, `This [is] not the way, nor [is] this the city; come after me, and I lead you unto the man whom ye seek;' and he leadeth them to Samaria.
John 1:38
And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, `What seek ye?' and they said to them, `Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?'
John 4:27
And upon this came his disciples, and were wondering that with a woman he was speaking, no one, however, said, `What seekest thou?' or `Why speakest thou with her?'
John 18:4
Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, `Whom do ye seek?'
John 18:7
Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?' and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;'
John 20:15
Jesus saith to her, `Woman, why dost thou weep? whom dost thou seek;' she, supposing that he is the gardener, saith to him, `Sir, if thou didst carry him away, tell me where thou didst lay him, and I will take him away;'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Their sword shall enter into their own heart,.... As Saul's did into his, 1 Samuel 31:4;

and their bows shall be broken; the meaning is, that their efforts shall be fruitless, and their attempts in vain; the mischief they have contrived and designed for others shall fall upon themselves; see Psalms 7:15; and therefore the saints should not be fretful and envious.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their sword shall enter into their own heart - Their purposes will recoil on themselves; or they will themselves suffer what they had devised for others. See the same sentiment expressed in Psalms 7:15-16; Psalms 9:15; compare Esther 7:10.

And their bows shall be broken - They will be defeated in their plans. God will cut them off, and not suffer them to execute their designs.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:15. Their sword shall enter into their own heart — All their execrations and maledictions shall fall upon themselves, and their power to do mischief shall be broken.


 
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