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Psalms 21:12
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Psalms 21:12
12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
12‖†Therefore shalt thou make them turne their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrowes vpon thy strings, against the face of them.
- Or, thou shalt set them as a butte.
- Heb. shoulder.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 21:12
To prepare or make ready.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The rear part; a position or direction behind; or a return to a former place or condition, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Pointed missiles shot from bows; figuratively, instruments or images of attack, judgment, pain, or sudden force, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Cords or lines, including bowstrings; figuratively in Mark 7:35, a restraint or impediment of the tongue.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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From verse 12
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Open the full verse study12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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Open the full verse study40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
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Open the full verse study12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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Open the full verse study7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
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Open the full verse study12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
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Open the full verse study20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
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Open the full verse study10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
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Open the full verse study9When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
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Open the full verse study3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
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Open the full verse study14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
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