Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow 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.
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.
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 ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the simple and poor, and to slay such as are of a right conversation. 15 Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow shall be broken. 16 A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than the great riches of the ungodly.
Cross References
Psalm 7:14-15
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness.
Psalm 35:8
Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself, that he may fall into his own mischief.
Psalm 46:9
He hath made wars to cease in all the world: he hath broken the bow, he hath knapped the spear in sunder, and burnt the chariots in the fire.
1 Samuel 2:4
The bows of the strong are broken: and the weak are endued with strength.
1 Samuel 31:4
Then said Saul unto his harness bearer, "Draw out thy sword and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come thrust me through and make a mockingstock of me." But his harness bearer would not, for he was sore afraid. Wherefore Saul took a 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 to his own house and to his own city, and put his household in order and hanged himself and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Esther 7:9-10
And Harbona, one of the chamberlains that stood before the king, said, "Behold, there standeth a gallows in Haman's house fifty cubits high, which he had made for Mordecai, that spake good for the king." The king said, "Hang him thereon."
Psalm 76:3-6
There breaketh he the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the whole battle. Selah.
Isaiah 37:38
Afterward it chanced, as he prayed in the temple of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his own sons, slew him with the sword, and fled into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned after him.
Jeremiah 51:56
For the destroyers shall come upon her, even upon Babylon, which shall take her worthies and brake their bows: for God is disposed to avenge himself upon them, and sufficiently to recompense them.
Hosea 1:5
Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
Hosea 2:18
Then will I make a covenant with them, with the wild beasts, with the fowls of the air, and with everything that creepeth upon the earth. As for bow, sword and battle, I will destroy such out of the land, and will make them to sleep safely.
Micah 5:6
these shall subdue the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with their naked weapons. Thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh within our land, and setteth his foot within our borders.
Matthew 27:4-5
saying, "I have sinned, betraying the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that."