Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
- BSB You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
- NKJV You have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle.
- NASB You also turn back the edge of his sword, And have not made him stand in battle.
- NLT You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Lev 26:36–37“‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.
- Num 14:42Don’t go up, for Yahweh isn’t among you; that you not be struck down before your enemies.
- Num 14:45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah.
- Josh 7:8–12Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
- Josh 7:4–5So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
- 2 Chr 25:8But if you will go, take action, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.”
- Ezek 30:21–25Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been bound up, to apply medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
- Ps 44:10You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
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