Parallel Verses

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.

Amplified


But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will 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 search out injustice, saying, "We have accomplished a diligent search." For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep! 7 But God will shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
8 They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

Cross References

Psalm 7:12-13

If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;

Deuteronomy 32:23

"'And I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend my arrows on them;

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh-- with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'

1 Kings 22:34

But a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded."

1 Chronicles 10:3-7

The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was wounded by the archers.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Psalm 18:14

And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.

Psalm 64:4

shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.

Psalm 73:19

How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!

Proverbs 6:15

therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

Proverbs 29:1

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Isaiah 30:13

therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant;

Lamentations 3:12-13

he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow.

Matthew 24:40

Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one 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 he does not know

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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