Psalms 7:12
I Take Refuge in You
11God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day. 12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. 13He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
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Berean Standard Bible
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;
He has bent and strung His bow.
American Standard Version (1901)
If a man turn not, he will whet his sword;
He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;
Bible in Basic English
If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.
Free Bible Version
If people do not change their minds, he will sharpen his sword. He has bent and strung his bow.
Geneva Bible 1599
Except he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie.
King James (Authorized) Version
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
One Unity Resource Bible
If a man does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
Translation for Translators
Whenever your enemies do not ◄repent/change their behavior►, it is as though [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow to get ready to kill them.
Unlocked Literal Bible
If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword
and will prepare his bow for battle.
Noah Webster Bible
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
World English Bible
If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
Young's Literal Translation
If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden — He prepareth it,