Psalms Chapter 7 verse 13 Holy Bible
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery `shafts'.
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He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.
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And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.
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He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
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He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
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Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - He hath prepared for him the instruments of death. These are probably not the sword and the bow, but the "arrows" of the next clause. They are prepared "for him," i.e. for the wicked man. He ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors; rather, he maketh his arrows to be fiery ones. Hengstenberg notes that "in sieges it was customary to wrap inflammable matter round arrows, and to shoot them after it had been kindled" (compare the, fiery darts" of St. Paul, Ephesians 6:16).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Instruments of death.--That is, deadly weapons.Against the persecutors.--Literally, for those burning; so LXX. and Vulg. The meaning appears to be, "His arrows he makes into fiery arrows"--i.e., tips them with fire, by wrapping them in burning tow. Latin, malleoli. (Comp. Ephesians 6:16, with Note, in New Testament Commentary.) Milton's "rattling storm of arrows barb'd with fire," refers to the same custom.
