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Psalms 7:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— If he turn not, his sword, will he whet,—his bow, hath he bent, and made ready:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden—He prepareth it,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Except he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— If he turne not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bowe, and made it ready.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— If he turn not from his anger, he will whet his sword and bend his bow and make it ready.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
If x518
(0518) Complement
אִם
'im
{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
he turn 7725
{7725} Prime
שׁוּב
shuwb
{shoob}
A primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
not, x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
he will whet 3913
{3913} Prime
לָטַשׁ
latash
{law-tash'}
A primitive root; properly to hammer out (an edge), that is, to sharpen.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
his sword; 2719
{2719} Prime
חֶרֶב
chereb
{kheh'-reb}
From H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.
he hath bent 1869
{1869} Prime
דָּרַךְ
darak
{daw-rak'}
A primitive root; to tread; by implication to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
his bow, 7198
{7198} Prime
קֶשֶׁת
qesheth
{keh'-sheth}
From H7185 in the original sense (of H6983) of bending; a bow, for shooting (hence figuratively strength) or the iris.
and made it ready. 3559
{3559} Prime
כּוּן
kuwn
{koon}
A primitive root; properly to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous).
z8787
<8787> Grammar
Stem - Polel (See H8847)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 72
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 7:12-13

_ _ They are here distinctly pointed out, though by changing the person, a very common mode of speech, one is selected as a representative of wicked men generally. The military figures are of obvious meaning.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 7:10-17.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 7:12

He will — God will hasten, and speedily execute his judgments upon him.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 7:12

If (k) he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

(k) Unless Saul changes his mind, I will die, for he has both the men and weapons to destroy me. Thus considering his great danger, he magnifies God's grace.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
If:

Psalms 85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: ... Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 31:18-19 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God. ... Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn [yourselves] from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Ezekiel 33:11 Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Matthew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

he will:

Deuteronomy 32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea.
Isaiah 34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Ezekiel 21:9-11 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: ... And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
Ezekiel 21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 32:41. Ps 85:4. Is 27:1; 34:5; 55:6. Jr 31:18. Ezk 18:30; 21:9, 23; 33:11. Mt 3:10. Ac 3:19.

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