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Psalms Chapter 7 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 7:12

If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
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BBE Psalms 7:12

If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.
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DARBY Psalms 7:12

If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,
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KJV Psalms 7:12

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
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WBT Psalms 7:12

God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
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WEB Psalms 7:12

If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; He has bent and strung his bow.
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YLT Psalms 7:12

If `one' turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - If he turn not, he (i.e. God) will whet his sword (comp. Deuteronomy 32:41; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 34:5). "Every new transgression," says Bishop Horne, "sets a fresh edge to God's sword" He hath bent his bow, and made it ready; rather, he hath bent his bow, and fixed it; i.e. held it in the position for taking aim.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) If he turn not.--The Hebrew is doubly idiomatic. Translate surely (see Hebrews 3:11, with Note in New Testament Commentary), He will again whet His sword. It is true that the verb to turn in the sense of repetition usually precedes the other verb immediately, without, as here, any other words intervening.Bent.--Literally, trodden, showing that the foot was used by the Israelites to bend the bow, as by archers now. (Smith's Bible Dictionary, "Arms.")