Psalm 37:15
New International Version
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

New Living Translation
But their swords will stab their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

English Standard Version
their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Berean Standard Bible
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

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

New King James Version
Their sword shall enter their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

New American Standard Bible
Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken.

NASB 1995
Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken.

NASB 1977
Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken.

Legacy Standard Bible
Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken.

Amplified Bible
The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart, And their bow will be broken.

Christian Standard Bible
Their swords will enter their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Their swords will enter their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Their sword will enter their heart and their bows will be broken.

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

Contemporary English Version
But they will be killed by their own swords, and their arrows will be broken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[But] their own swords will pierce their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Good News Translation
but they will be killed by their own swords, and their bows will be smashed.

International Standard Version
But their sword will pierce their own heart, and their bows will be broken!

JPS Tanakh 1917
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.

Literal Standard Version
Their sword enters into their own heart, | And their bows are shattered.

Majority Standard Bible
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

New American Bible
Their swords will pierce their own hearts; their bows will be broken.

NET Bible
Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

New Revised Standard Version
their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

New Heart English Bible
Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

Webster's Bible Translation
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

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

Young's Literal Translation
Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

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Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright. 15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. 16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 2:4
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

Psalm 46:9
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.


Treasury of Scripture

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

sword

Psalm 7:14,15
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood…

Psalm 35:8
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

1 Samuel 31:4
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

bows

Psalm 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Psalm 76:3-6
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah…

Hosea 1:5
And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

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Psalm 37
1. David persuades to patience and confidence in God,
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(15) Their sword.--The lex talionis. (Comp. Psalm 7:15-16.)

Verse 15. - Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Such as "take the sword" often "perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52). Absalom's rebellion cost him his life. Marauders would sometimes meet with a stout resistance, and be slain by those whom they had intended to plunder. And their bows shall be broken; i.e. they shall meet with failure.

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Hebrew
[But] their swords
חַ֭רְבָּם (ḥar·bām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

will pierce
תָּב֣וֹא (tā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

their own hearts,
בְלִבָּ֑ם (ḇə·lib·bām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

and their bows
וְ֝קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֗ם (wə·qaš·šə·ṯō·w·ṯām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

will be broken.
תִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָה׃ (tiš·šā·ḇar·nāh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces


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