Psalms 46:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He maketh wars to cease{H8688)} unto the end of the earth; he breaketh{H8762)} the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder{H8765)}; he burneth{H8799)} the chariot in the fire.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְֽכוּ־חֲ֭זוּ מִפְעֲל֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֖ם שַׁמּ֣וֹת בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

ləkû-ḥăzû mipʿălôt YHWH ʾăšer-śām šammôt in-the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*ləkû*: qal imperative masculine plural - come/go
*ḥăzû*: qal imperative masculine plural - see/behold
*mipʿălôt*: feminine plural construct - works/deeds of
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*ʾăšer-śām*: relative pronoun + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - who has placed
*šammôt*: feminine plural noun - desolations/astonishments
*bā-ʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the earth/land

Word Meanings

*ləkû*: come/go
*ḥăzû*: see/behold/observe
*mipʿălôt*: works/deeds/acts
*śām*: placed/set/appointed
*šammôt*: desolations/astonishments/devastations

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 2:4 : 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Ps 76:3-6 : 3 There brake{H8765)} he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 Thou art more glorious{H8737)} and excellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stouthearted are spoiled{H8709)}, they have slept{H8804)} their sleep: and none of the men of might have found{H8804)} their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep{H8737)}.
Josh 11:6 : 6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
Josh 11:9 : 9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Isa 11:9 : 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Isa 60:18 : 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Ezek 39:3 : 3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Mic 4:3-4 : 3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
Mic 5:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
Ezek 39:9-9 : 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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8Come{H8798)}, behold{H8798)} the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made{H8804)} in the earth.
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3There brake{H8765)} he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
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10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
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10Be still{H8685)}, and know{H8798)} that I am God: I will be exalted{H8799)} among the heathen, I will be exalted{H8799)} in the earth.
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35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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3And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Ps 18:34
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34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
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Ps 46:6
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6The heathen raged{H8804)}, the kingdoms were moved{H8804)}: he uttered{H8804)} his voice, the earth melted{H8799)}.
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4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
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Ps 68:30
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30Rebuke{H8798)} the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit{H8693)} himself with pieces of silver: scatter{H8765)} thou the people that delight{H8799)} in war.
Hab 3:6
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6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Job 39:23
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6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
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Exod 15:7
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Exod 14:14
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14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
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1 Sam 17:47
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Mic 5:10
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Isa 34:2
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Ps 89:43
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Jer 25:37
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Jer 47:7
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Ezek 39:3
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3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Ps 58:7
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10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.