Every New Testament occurrence Every Old Testament occurrence

King James Version

Psalms 37:15

In Psalms 37 of Psalms.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Study
Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

חַ֭רְבָּםcharbamknifeחֶרֶבnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “knife”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.תָּב֣וֹאtavoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…בְלִבָּ֑םvelibamin comfortablyלֵבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…וְ֝קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֗םveqashtotamand bowקֶשֶׁתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).תִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָהtishavarnahbreakשָׁבַרverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “break”, an unfinished actionH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

Young’s Literal Translation

Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

World English Bible

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

Darby Translation

their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Douay-Rheims

And I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no reproofs in his mouth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let their sword enter into their own heart, and their bows be broken.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ ῥομφαία αὐτῶν εἰσέλθοι εἰς τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ τόξα αὐτῶν συντριβείη.

Other Translations and Links

These open on the other site. This page stays the King James Version.

Jewish texts of this verse

The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.