Psalms 7:12 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it,

English ASV

If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

English Amplified

If a man does not turn and repent, [God] will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His [huge] bow and made it ready [by treading it with His foot].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

If a man does not turn and repent, [God] will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His [huge] bow and made it ready [by treading it with His foot].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If anyone does not repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has strung his bow and made it ready.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,

English EASY 2024

If they do not change the way that they live, God will prepare to punish them. He will make his sword sharp, and he will put an arrow in his bow.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

If the wicked will not change, then God is ready to punish them. He has prepared his deadly weapons. His sword is sharp. His bow is strung, drawn back, and ready to shoot its flaming arrow.

If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If they do not change their ways, God will sharpen his sword. He bends his bow and makes it ready;

English God's Word - GW 1995

If a person does not change, God sharpens his sword. By bending his bow, he makes it ready {to shoot}.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If anyone does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has strung His bow and made it ready.

English KJV 1611

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

English LSB

If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and prepared it.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

God is a just judge, who rebukes in anger every day.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword and prepares to shoot his bow.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

If evil people don't change their ways, God will sharpen his sword. He will get his bow ready to use.

English NIV

If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.

English NKJ 1982

If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.

English NLT

If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If one does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Yet if one does not repent, you will not relent to sharpen your shining sword. You have an arsenal of lethal weapons that you’ve prepared for them. You have bent and strung your bow, making your judgment-arrows shafts of burning fire.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Unless they repent, he will sharpen his sword and slay them. He has bent and strung his bow

English Tyndale 1537

If men will not turn, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bow and made it ready.

Psalms 7:12 — Compare Translations