Psalm 7:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² If one does not repent! He sharpens His sword, He bends His bow and makes 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?

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 act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?”

Psalm 129:4

יהוה is righteous, He has cut the cords of the wrong in two.

Psalm 85:4

Turn back to us, O Elohim of our deliverance, And cause Your vexation toward us to cease.

Psalm 9:5

Gimel You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wrong, You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day יהוה with His severe sword, great and strong, punishes Liwiathan the fleeing serpent, Liwiathan that twisted serpent. And He shall kill the monster that is in the sea.

Isaiah 34:5

“For My sword shall be drenched in the heavens. Look, it comes down on Eḏom, and on the people of My curse, for judgment.

Ezekiel 18:30

“Therefore I judge you, O house of Yisra’ĕl, every one according to his ways,” declares the Master יהוה. “Repent, and turn back from all your transgressions, and let not crookedness be a stumbling-block to you.

Ezekiel 21:23

“And it shall be to them as a false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn oaths to them. But he is bringing their crookedness to remembrance, so that they are taken.

Ezekiel 33:11

“Say to them, ‘As I live,’ declares the Master יהוה, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wrong, but that the wrong turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Yisra’ĕl?’

Matthew 3:10

“And the axe is already laid to the root of the trees. Every tree, then, which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Acts 3:19

“Repent therefore and turn back, for the blotting out of your sins, in order that times of refreshing might come from the presence of the Master,

Deuteronomy 32:41

If I have sharpened My flashing sword, And My hand takes hold on judgment, I shall return vengeance to My enemies, And repay those who hate Me.