Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The bows of the mighty are shattered,
But the feeble gird on strength.

King James Version

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

Holman Bible

The bows of the warriors are broken,
but the feeble are clothed with strength.

International Standard Version

The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble are equipped with strength.

A Conservative Version

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.

American Standard Version

The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

Amplified


“The bows of the mighty are broken,
But those who have stumbled equip themselves with strength.

Bible in Basic English

The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.

Darby Translation

The bow of the mighty is broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

Julia Smith Translation

The bows of the mighty being broken, and the weak were girded with strength.

King James 2000

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are clothed with strength.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The bows of mighty warriors [are] shattered, but those who stumble gird [themselves with] strength.

Modern King James verseion

The bows of the mighty are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The bows of the strong are broken: and the weak are endued with strength.

NET Bible

The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble find their strength reinforced.

New Heart English Bible

"The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

The Emphasized Bible

The bow of the mighty, is dismayed, - While, the fainting, are girded with strength;

Webster

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

World English Bible

"The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

Youngs Literal Translation

Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The bows
קשׁת 
Qesheth 
Usage: 75

of the mighty men
גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

חת 
Chath 
Usage: 9

אזר 
'azar 
Usage: 16

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Hannah's Triumphant Prayer

3 Boast no more so very proudly,
Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
For the Lord is a God of knowledge,
And with Him actions are weighed.
4 The bows of the mighty are shattered,
But the feeble gird on strength.
5 “Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,
But those who were hungry cease to hunger.
Even the barren gives birth to seven,
But she who has many children languishes.



Cross References

Psalm 37:15

Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their bows will be broken.

Psalm 46:9

He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariots with fire.

Psalm 76:3

There He broke the flaming arrows,
The shield and the sword and the weapons of war. Selah.

Hebrews 11:34

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Psalm 37:17

For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the Lord sustains the righteous.

Isaiah 10:4

Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives
Or fall among the slain.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

Jeremiah 37:10

For even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’”

2 Corinthians 4:9-10

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

2 Corinthians 12:9

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

Ephesians 6:14

Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

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