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Psalm 37

Psa. 37:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Their sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
shall enter
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
into their own heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, and their bows
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
shall be broken
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 7:14‑15• 14Behold he travaileth [with] iniquity,{HR}And he hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.
 15He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh. (Psa. 7:14‑15)
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Psa. 35:8• 8Destruction shall come upon him, he shall not know;{HR}And his net which he hid shall catch him;{HR}Into destruction shall he fall in it. (Psa. 35:8)
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1 Sam. 31:4• 4Then said Saul unto his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. (1 Sam. 31:4)
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2 Sam. 17:23• 23{i}And{/i} when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:23)
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Esther 7:9‑10• 9Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.
 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. (Esther 7:9‑10)
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Isa. 37:38• 38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isa. 37:38)
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Mic. 5:6• 6{i}And they shall waste the land of Asshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.{/i} (Mic. 5:6)
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Matt. 27:4‑5• 4{i}saying, I have sinned [in] having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to that].{/i}
 5{i}And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself.{/i} (Matt. 27:4‑5)
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Psa. 46:9• 9Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth;{HR}He breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear;{HR}He burneth the chariots in the fire. (Psa. 46:9)
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Psa. 76:3‑6• 3There he broke the flashing shafts of the bow,{HR}The shield and the sword and the battle. Selah.
 4Splendid [art] thou, glorious,{HR}More than the mountains of prey.
 5The strong of heart have been spoiled,{HR}They have slumbered their sleep;{HR}And none of the men of might have found their hands.
 6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,{HR}Both chariot and horse [are] cast into a dead sleep. (Psa. 76:3‑6)
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Jer. 51:56• 56because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for Jehovah God of recompenses shall surely requite. (Jer. 51:56)
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Hos. 1:5• 5And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. (Hos. 1:5)
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Hos. 2:18• 18And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground; and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle I will break and remove out of the earth; and will make them to lie down safely. (Hos. 2:18)
• The wicked will fall by the very violence that they have used against the upright. They that take the sword will perish by the sword. (“Psalm 37” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

W. Kelly Translation

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Their sword shall come into their own heart{HR}And their bows shall be broken.