Psalms 144:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.”

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BSBPD

“Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 144:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
  3. 2 Samuel 22:12He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
  4. Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
  5. Psalms 18:13The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
  6. Psalms 18:15The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
  7. Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
  8. Psalms 45:5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
  9. Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
  10. Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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