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Psalms 120:4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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חִצֵּ֣יchitsearrowחֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “arrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.גִבּ֣וֹרgiborchampionגִּבּוֹרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “champion”, the ordinary formH1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrantchampion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.שְׁנוּנִ֑יםshenunimprickשָׁנַןverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “prick”, a verb used as a describing wordH8150to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcateprick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.עִ֝֗םimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).גַּחֲלֵ֥יgachalecoalגֶּחֶלnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “coal”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1513an ember(burning) coal.רְתָמִֽיםretamimjuniperרֶתֶםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “juniper”, the ordinary formH7574the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems)juniper (tree).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

World English Bible

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Darby Translation

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.

Douay-Rheims

Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὰ βέλη τοῦ δυνατοῦ ἠκονημένα σὺν τοῖς ἄνθραξι τοῖς ἐρημικοῖς.