Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

For My sword bathed in the heavens. Behold, it shall come down on Edom, and on the people of My curse for judgment.

New American Standard Bible

For My sword is satiated in heaven,
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon Edom
And upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction.

King James Version

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Holman Bible

When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens,
it will then come down on Edom
and on the people I have set apart for destruction.

International Standard Version

For my sword will be seen in the heavens. Look! It descends in judgment on Edom, on the people I have doomed to destruction.

A Conservative Version

For my sword has drunk its fill in heaven. Behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

American Standard Version

For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Amplified


For My sword is satiated [with blood] in heaven;
Indeed, it will come down for judgment on Edom
And on the people whom I have doomed for destruction.

Bible in Basic English

For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.

Darby Translation

For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.

Julia Smith Translation

For my sword was drunk in the heavens: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of destruction for judgment

King James 2000

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Lexham Expanded Bible

When my sword is drenched in the heavens, look! It will descend upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, for judgment.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven, and shall immediately come down upon Idumaea, and upon the people which I have cursed for my vengeance.

NET Bible

He says, "Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment."

New Heart English Bible

For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.

The Emphasized Bible

For my sword hath been sated in the heavens, - Lo! upon Edom, shall it descend, Even on the people whom I have devoted to justice.

Webster

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

World English Bible

For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.

Youngs Literal Translation

For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For my sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

in heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

אדום אדם 
'Edom 
Usage: 100

and upon the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

References

American

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

Judgment On The Nations

4 And all the host of the heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled like a scroll; and all their host shall droop, as a leaf falls off from the vine, and as the falling from the fig tree. 5 For My sword bathed in the heavens. Behold, it shall come down on Edom, and on the people of My curse for judgment. 6 The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood; it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Cross References

Malachi 1:4

If Edom says, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places. So says Jehovah of Hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them the region of wickedness, and the people with whom Jehovah is indignant forever.

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah, this One adorned in His clothing, bending down in His great power? I who speak in righteousness, great to save.

Jeremiah 46:10

For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself of His foes. And the sword shall devour, and it shall be filled and made drunk with their blood, for the Lord Jehovah of Hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Amos 1:11-12

So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea for four, I will not turn away from it. Because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pities, and his anger tore without end, and he kept his wrath forever.

Jeremiah 49:7-22

So says Jehovah of Hosts to Edom: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?

Ezekiel 21:3-5

And say to the land of Israel, So says Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, and will draw out My sword out of its sheath and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

Ezekiel 25:12-14

So says the Lord Jehovah: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and revenged himself on them;

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

Cursed is the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 29:18-21

lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away today from Jehovah our God, to go serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood,

Deuteronomy 32:14

butter from cows, and milk from sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the sons of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat. And you drank the blood of the grape.

Deuteronomy 32:41-42

If I sharpen My glittering sword, and if My hand takes hold in judgment, I will give vengeance to My enemies and will reward those that hate Me.

Psalm 17:13

Arise, O Jehovah, disappoint him, bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked by Your sword,

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O Jehovah, the sons of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Make it bare! Make it bare, even to the foundation of it!

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and they who dwell in it are deserted; therefore the people of the earth are burned, and few men left.

Jeremiah 47:6

O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; rest and be still.

Ezekiel 21:9-11

Son of man, prophesy and say, So says Jehovah. Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished.

Obadiah 1:1-14

The vision of Obadiah. So says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a message from Jehovah, and a messenger is sent among the nations: Rise up, even let us rise up against her for battle.

Zephaniah 2:12

You Ethiopians also shall be slain by My sword.

Matthew 25:41

Then He also shall say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. The Lord comes!

Galatians 3:10

For as many as are out of works of the Law, these are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them."

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children

Revelation 1:16

And He had seven stars in His right hand, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. And His face was like the sun shining in its strength.

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