Psalms 64:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.”
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BSBPD
“But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And God doth shoot them <FI>with<Fi> an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 64:7 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
- 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.”
- 1 Kings 22:34However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
- 1 Chronicles 10:3When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- Psalms 64:4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
- Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
- Proverbs 6:15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
- Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Lamentations 3:12He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
- Matthew 24:40Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
- Matthew 24:50The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
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