Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They shall fall into the sword, and be a portion for foxes.

New American Standard Bible

They will be delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.

King James Version

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

Holman Bible

They will be given over to the power of the sword;
they will become the jackals’ prey.

International Standard Version

May they be given over to the power of the sword; may they become carrion for jackals.

A Conservative Version

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be a portion for foxes.

American Standard Version

They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.

Amplified


They will be given over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.

Darby Translation

They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be the portion of foxes.

Julia Smith Translation

They shall deliver to the hands of the sword; they shall be a portion of foxes.

King James 2000

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They [who] would {deliver him to the sword} will become a portion for jackals.

Modern King James verseion

They shall fall by the sword; they shall be a serving for jackals.

NET Bible

Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.

New Heart English Bible

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

The Emphasized Bible

Every one shall be given up into the power of the sword, The portion of jackals, shall they become.

Webster

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

World English Bible

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

Youngs Literal Translation

They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.

References

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Fausets

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Context Readings

Praise God Who Satisfies

9 These also that seek the hurt of my soul, they shall go under the earth. 10 They shall fall into the sword, and be a portion for foxes. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; all they that swear by him shall be commended, for the mouth of liars shall be stopped.

Cross References

Jeremiah 18:21

Therefore let their children die of hunger, and let them be oppressed with the sword. Let their wives be robbed of their children, and become widows: let their husbands be slain, let their young men be killed with the sword in the field.

Ezekiel 35:5

Forsomuch as thou bearest an old enemy against the children of Israel, and with a cruel hand hast made them afraid, what time as they were troubled and punished for their sin:

1 Samuel 26:10

And David said furthermore, "As sure as the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and there perish:

1 Samuel 31:1-6

And as the Philistines fought against Israel, the men of Israel fled away from the Philistines, and fell down dead in mount Gilboa.

Song of Songs 2:15

Get us the foxes, yea the little foxes that hurt the vines, for our vines bear blossoms.

Ezekiel 39:4

Thou with all thine heap, and all the people that is with thee, must fall upon the mountains of Israel. Then will I give thee unto the fouls and wild beasts of the field, to be devoured.

Ezekiel 39:17-20

And thou son of man: thus sayeth the LORD God: Speak unto all the fouls and every bird, yea and to all the wild beasts of the field, 'Heap you together and come; gather you round about upon my slaughter that I have slain for you: even a great slaughter upon the mountains of Israel: eat flesh and drink blood.

Revelation 19:17-18

And I saw an angel stand in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly by the midst of heaven, "Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God,

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