Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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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Fox

Watsons

Fox

Context Readings

Praise God Who Satisfies

9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth. 10 Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals. 11 But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

Cross References

Jeremiah 18:21

So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

Ezekiel 35:5

"'You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.

1 Samuel 26:10

David went on to say, "As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

1 Samuel 31:1-6

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

Song of Songs 2:15

The Beloved to Her Lover: Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards -- for our vineyard is in bloom.

Ezekiel 39:4

You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast.

Ezekiel 39:17-20

"As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: 'Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.

Revelation 19:17-18

Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: "Come, gather around for the great banquet of God,

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