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Psalm 7:12

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7:12If a person32 does not repent, God sharpens his sword33

and prepares to shoot his bow.34

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Footnotes

  1. 32 Heb “If he”; the referent (a person who is a sinner) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The subject of the first verb is understood as the sinner who fails to repent of his ways and becomes the target of God’s judgment (vv. 9, 14–16).
  2. 33 Heb “if he does not return, his sword he sharpens.” The referent (God) of the pronominal subject of the second verb (“sharpens”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 34 Heb “his bow he treads and prepares it.” “Treading the bow” involved stepping on one end of it in order to string it and thus prepare it for battle.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword;

he has bent and readied his bow;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If he does not relent,

he will sharpen his sword;

he will bend and string his bow.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If anyone does not repent,

he will sharpen his sword;

he has strung his bow and made it ready.

NLTNew Living Translation

If a person does not repent,

God will sharpen his sword;

he will bend and string his bow.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If he does not repent, he will sharpen his sword.

He has bent his bow and he has strung it.

KJV 1900King James Version

If he turn not, he will whet his sword;

He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.