Parallel Verses

Amplified


But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.

New American Standard Bible

But God will shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.

King James Version

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

Holman Bible

But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.

International Standard Version

But God shot an arrow at them, and they were wounded immediately.

A Conservative Version

But God will shoot at them. With an arrow they shall suddenly be wounded.

American Standard Version

But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

Bible in Basic English

But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

Darby Translation

But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

Julia Smith Translation

God shall be exalted; their blows were the arrow of the simple.

King James 2000

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But God will shoot them; with an arrow they will suddenly be wounded.

Modern King James verseion

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But God shall suddenly shoot with a swift arrow, that they shall be wounded.

NET Bible

But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.

New Heart English Bible

But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

The Emphasized Bible

Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!

Webster

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

World English Bible

But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

Youngs Literal Translation

And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

Verse Info

Context Readings

Protection From Evildoers

6
They devise acts of injustice, saying,
“We are ready with a well-conceived plan.”
For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep (mysterious, unsearchable).
7 
But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
8
So they will be caused to stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who gaze at them will shake the head [in scorn].


Cross References

Psalm 7:12-13


If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.

Deuteronomy 32:23


‘I will heap misfortunes on them;
I will use My arrows on them.

Deuteronomy 32:42


‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.’

1 Kings 22:34

But one man drew a bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and take me out of the fight, because I have been seriously wounded.”

1 Chronicles 10:3-7

The battle became heavy against Saul, and the archers found him; and he was [mortally] wounded by the archers.

Job 6:4


Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Psalm 18:14


He sent out His arrows and scattered them;
And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].

Psalm 64:4


To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one];
Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.

Psalm 73:19


How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!

Proverbs 6:15


Therefore [the crushing weight of] his disaster will come suddenly upon him;
Instantly he will be broken, and there will be no healing or remedy [because he has no heart for God].

Proverbs 29:1

He who hardens his neck and refuses instruction after being often reproved (corrected, criticized),
Will suddenly be broken beyond repair.

Isaiah 30:13


Therefore this wickedness [this sin, this injustice, this wrongdoing] will be to you
Like a crack [in a wall] about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,

Lamentations 3:12-13


He has bent His bow
And set me as a target for the arrow.

Matthew 24:40

At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left.

Matthew 24:50-51

the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware,

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord is coming just as a thief [comes unexpectedly and suddenly] in the night.

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