Psalms 21:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
  • Ps 18:40 : 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
  • Ps 44:10 : 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
  • Ps 56:9 : 9 When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.
  • Ps 64:7 : 7 ¶ But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
  • Lam 3:12 : 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
  • Ps 9:3 : 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
  • Ps 18:14 : 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
  • Job 7:20 : 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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    10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

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    12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

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    40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

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

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