Psalm 7:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² If one does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² If he turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² If a man does not turn and repent, [God] will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His [huge] bow and made it ready [by treading it with His foot].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;

Common English Bible

¹² If someone doesn’t change their ways, God will sharpen his sword, will bend his bow, will string an arrow.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?

Psalm 7:12 Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Psalm 129:4

The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.

Psalm 85:4

Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us.

Psalm 9:5

You have rebuked the nations; you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

Isaiah 34:5

When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, upon Edom it will fall, upon the people I have doomed to judgment.

Ezekiel 18:30

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, all of you according to your ways, says the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions; otherwise iniquity will be your ruin.

Ezekiel 21:23

But to them it will seem like a false divination; they have sworn solemn oaths, but he brings their guilt to remembrance, bringing about their capture.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from their ways and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?

Matthew 3:10

Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out,

Deuteronomy 32:41

when I whet my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.