Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
New American Standard Bible
And their
King James Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Holman Bible
and their bows will be broken.
International Standard Version
But their sword will pierce their own heart, and their bows will be broken!
A Conservative Version
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Amplified
The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart,
And their bow will be broken.
Bible in Basic English
But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.
Darby Translation
their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Julia Smith Translation
Their sword shall go into their heart, and their bows shall be broken.
King James 2000
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Their sword will enter into their [own] heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Modern King James verseion
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.
NET Bible
Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
New Heart English Bible
Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
The Emphasized Bible
Their sword, shall enter into their own heart, and, their bow, shall be broken.
Webster
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
World English Bible
Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.
Youngs Literal Translation
Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.
Themes
the Bow » Of the vanquished, broken and burned
Punishment of the The Wicked » Often brought about by their evil designs
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 37:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instruction In Wisdom
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken. 16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
Cross References
Psalm 7:14-15
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalm 35:8
Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
Psalm 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.
1 Samuel 2:4
The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
1 Samuel 31:4
Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
2 Samuel 17:23
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Esther 7:9-10
Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.
Psalm 76:3-6
There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
Isaiah 37:38
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
Jeremiah 51:56
for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
Hosea 1:5
And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
Hosea 2:18
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.
Micah 5:6
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.
Matthew 27:4-5
saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it .