Parallel Verses

Amplified


For I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.

New American Standard Bible

For I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.

King James Version

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Holman Bible

For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.

International Standard Version

For I place no confidence in my bow, nor will my sword deliver me.

A Conservative Version

For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.

American Standard Version

For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.

Bible in Basic English

I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

Darby Translation

For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Julia Smith Translation

For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword will not serve me.

King James 2000

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For I do not trust my bow, and my sword cannot give me victory.

Modern King James verseion

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For I will not trust in my bow; it is not my sword that shall help me.

NET Bible

For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword.

New Heart English Bible

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

The Emphasized Bible

For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;

Webster

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

World English Bible

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Youngs Literal Translation

For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

Context Readings

Israel's Complaint

5
Through You we will gore our enemies [like a bull];
Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.
6 
For I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.
7
But You have saved us from our enemies,
And You have put them to shame and humiliated those who hate us.


Cross References

Hosea 1:7

But I will have mercy on the house of Judah and will rescue them by the Lord their God, and will not rescue them by bow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen.”

1 Samuel 17:47

and that this entire assembly may know that the Lord does not save with the sword or with the spear; for the battle is the Lord’s and He will hand you over to us.”

Psalm 20:7


Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
But we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.

Psalm 33:16-17


The king is not saved by the great size of his army;
A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.

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