Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow. New Living Translation For they will turn and run when they see your arrows aimed at them. English Standard Version For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows. Berean Standard Bible For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them. King James Bible Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. New King James Version Therefore You will make them turn their back; You will make ready Your arrows on Your string toward their faces. New American Standard Bible For You will make them turn their back; You will take aim at their faces with Your bowstrings. NASB 1995 For You will make them turn their back; You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces. NASB 1977 For Thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt aim with Thy bowstrings at their faces. Legacy Standard Bible For You will make them turn their back; You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces. Amplified Bible For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat]; You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces. Christian Standard Bible Instead, you will put them to flight when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them. Holman Christian Standard Bible Instead, you will put them to flight when you aim your bow at their faces. American Standard Version For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face. Contemporary English Version You will make them run away by shooting your arrows at their faces. English Revised Version For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them. GOD'S WORD® Translation They turn their backs [and flee] because you aim your bow at their faces. Good News Translation He will shoot his arrows at them and make them turn and run. International Standard Version Indeed, you will make them retreat, when you aim your bow at their faces. Majority Standard Bible For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them. NET Bible For you make them retreat when you shoot your arrows at them. New Heart English Bible For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face. Webster's Bible Translation Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thy arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. World English Bible For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor You make them turn their back, "" When You prepare Your strings against their faces. Young's Literal Translation For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces. Smith's Literal Translation For thou wilt set them the shoulder among thine being left, thou wilt prepare against their face. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bow. New Revised Standard Version For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor you shall place a scar on them; and you shall make ready your array against their faces. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Put a scar within them and establish your preparation against their faces. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For thou shalt make them turn their back, Thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them. Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou shalt make them turn their back in thy latter end, thou wilt prepare their face. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context After the Battle…11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. 12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them. 13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.… Cross References Proverbs 1:26-27 in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, / when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. Isaiah 37:29 Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’ Exodus 15:9-10 The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’ / But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Job 16:12-14 I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; / His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. / He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior. Jeremiah 50:9 For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed. 2 Samuel 22:41 You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me. Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them. Lamentations 3:12-13 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. / He pierced my kidneys with His arrows. Ezekiel 39:3 Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand. Joshua 10:10 And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah. 1 Samuel 7:10 As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel. Isaiah 30:28 His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray. Revelation 19:15 And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. Romans 2:5 But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, Treasury of Scripture Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against the face of them. therefore Psalm 9:3 Psalm 44:10 Psalm 56:9 make. Job 7:20 Job 16:12,13 Lamentations 3:12 back [heb. Psalm 7:13 Psalm 18:14 Psalm 64:7 Jump to Previous Aim Arrows Backs Bow Bows Bowstring Bowstrings Cords Drawn Face Faces Flight Makest Preparest Ready Strings Turn Turned WiltJump to Next Aim Arrows Backs Bow Bows Bowstring Bowstrings Cords Drawn Face Faces Flight Makest Preparest Ready Strings Turn Turned WiltPsalm 21 1. A thanksgiving for victory7. with confidence of further success For You will put them to flight This phrase highlights the divine intervention and power of God in the face of adversaries. The Hebrew root for "put to flight" is "נוס" (nus), which conveys the idea of causing to flee or driving away. Historically, this reflects the numerous instances in the Old Testament where God intervenes on behalf of His people, ensuring victory over their enemies. It underscores the belief that God is a warrior who fights for His people, a theme prevalent throughout the Psalms and the broader biblical narrative. This assurance of divine protection and victory is a source of comfort and strength for believers, emphasizing that God is actively involved in the battles they face. when Your bow is aimed at their faces Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidTraditionally attributed as the author of Psalm 21, King David is expressing gratitude and confidence in God's deliverance and protection. 2. Enemies of Israel The adversaries who oppose David and, by extension, the people of God. They are the ones being put to flight. 3. God The central figure who acts as the divine warrior, defending His people and ensuring victory over their enemies. Teaching Points God as ProtectorGod actively defends His people, ensuring their safety and victory over adversaries. Believers can trust in God's power to protect them from spiritual and physical threats. Divine Justice God’s justice is evident as He turns the plans of the wicked against them. We can find comfort in knowing that God will ultimately right the wrongs and bring justice. Spiritual Warfare The imagery of God aiming His bow reminds us of the spiritual battles we face. We are called to rely on God's strength and not our own in these battles. Confidence in God’s Deliverance Just as David was confident in God’s deliverance, we too can have confidence that God will deliver us from our trials. This confidence should lead us to praise and worship God for His faithfulness.(12) Therefore.--Literally, for thou shalt put them shoulder (pones eos dorsum, Vulg.). Upon thy strings thou shalt aim against the face of them. Ewald renders: "Shalt strike them back;" but the English version seems to explain rightly To "give the neck of an enemy" (Psalm 18:4) is a similar form of expression.Verse 12. - Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back; literally, their neck (comp. Psalm 18:40). The meaning is simply, "Thou shalt put them to flight." When thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. The Authorized Version, by supplying "when" and "thine arrows," expresses what the psalmist has left to the intelligence of the reader. The psalmist says, "Thou shalt put them to flight; thou shalt make ready upon thy strings against the face of them, no doubt meaning that the discharge of arrows would produce the hasty flight, but not saying it. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֭י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction You will put them to flight תְּשִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ (tə·šî·ṯê·mōw) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7896: To put, set when Your bow בְּ֝מֵֽיתָרֶ֗יךָ (bə·mê·ṯā·re·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4340: A cord, the string is trained תְּכוֹנֵ֥ן (tə·ḵō·w·nên) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3559: To be erect upon עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against them. פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ (pə·nê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6440: The face Links Psalm 21:12 NIVPsalm 21:12 NLT Psalm 21:12 ESV Psalm 21:12 NASB Psalm 21:12 KJV Psalm 21:12 BibleApps.com Psalm 21:12 Biblia Paralela Psalm 21:12 Chinese Bible Psalm 21:12 French Bible Psalm 21:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 21:12 For you will make them turn their (Psalm Ps Psa.) |