Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Holman Bible

Their swords will enter their own hearts,
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.

American Standard 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.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 37:15

References

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Context Readings

Instruction In Wisdom

14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright; 15 Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their bows will be broken.
16 Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.

Cross References

Psalm 7:14-15

Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.

Psalm 35:8

Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it--to his destruction!

Psalm 46:9

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.

1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength.

1 Samuel 31:4

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me." But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

Esther 7:9-10

Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, "Moreover, the gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, is standing at Haman's house, fifty cubits high."

Psalm 76:3-6

There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

Isaiah 37:38

And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of Ararat, Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

Jeremiah 51:56

for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the LORD is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.

Hosea 1:5

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel."

Hosea 2:18

And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.

Micah 5:6

they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.

Matthew 27:4-5

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself."

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