Psalm 7:12 - Revised Version 1885

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

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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?

Psalm 7:12 Cross References

Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Psalm 129:4

The LORD is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Psalm 85:4

Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

Psalm 9:5

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

Isaiah 34:5

For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgement.

Ezekiel 18:30

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Ezekiel 21:23

And it shall be unto them as a vain divination in their sight, which have sworn oaths unto them: but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.

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 even now is the axe laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Acts 3:19

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

Deuteronomy 32:41

If I whet my glittering sword, And mine hand take hold on judgement; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.