Bow

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. A WEAPONGenesis 21:16Genesis 21:20
• Made of brass (R. V.)2 Samuel 22:35Job 20:24Psalms 18:34
• Of woodEzekiel 39:9
• Used in warIsaiah 13:18Lamentations 2:4Ezekiel 39:3
• Used by the ElamitesJeremiah 49:35
• David instructed the Israelites in the use of, by writing a war song to2 Samuel 1:18
• Used in hunting
• See Archery
• See Arrow
• FIGURATIVEGenesis 49:24Job 16:13Job 29:20Psalms 78:57Lamentations 3:12Hosea 1:5Habakkuk 3:9Revelation 6:2
• 2. A TOKEN IN THE CLOUDSGenesis 9:8–17Ezekiel 1:28Revelation 4:3Revelation 10:1

The passages, in Bible order (23)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 9:8–17

   Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

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2. Genesis 21:16

   Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

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3. Genesis 21:20

   And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

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   “Became an archer - And by his skill in this art, under the continual superintendence of the Divine Providence, (for God was with the lad), he was undoubtedly enabled to procure a sufficient supply for his own wants and those of his parent.

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4. Genesis 49:24

   Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

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   “(Verse 22 and following) The son of Joseph grew up, the son of Joseph grown tall above the fountain of the daughter, walking with a composed stride on the wall. And they provoked him, and contended with him, and were angry against him, having arrows. He sat in the strength of his bow, and the chains of his hands were broken, from the hands of the mighty Jacob. From there will come the shepherd, the stone of Israel from the God of your father: and the rest.

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5. 2 Samuel 1:18

   and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

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   “The use of the bow - The use of is not in the Hebrew; it is simply the bow, that is, a song thus entitled. See the observations at the end, 2Sa 1:21 (note).

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6. 2 Samuel 22:35

   He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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7. Job 16:13

   His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

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   “His archers compass me round about,.... Satan and his principalities and powers casting their fiery darts at him; or rather, his friends shooting their arrows, even bitter words, reproaches, and calumnies; or the various diseases of his body, his boils and ulcers, which were so many arrows shot into him, in every part of him all around, and gave him exquisite pain and anguish; besides the arrows of the Almighty, or that painful sensation he had of the wrath of God.

   “His archers - He does not come alone to shoot at me; he has employed a company of bowmen, who also direct “their” arrows against me. The word used here רב rab means properly “much, large,” great; and is applied to that which is powerful or mighty. It is nowhere else used in the sense of “archers,” and might be rendered “his many;” that is, his bands, hosts, or armies. But as all the ancient versions render it “arrows,” or “archers,” probably that sense is to be retained.

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8. Job 20:24

   Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

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9. Job 29:20

   My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

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   “My glory was fresh in me - My vegetative power was great; my glory - my splendid blossom, large and mellow fruit, was always in season, and in every season. My bow was renewed - I was never without means to accomplish all my wishes. I had prosperity everywhere.

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10. Psalms 18:34

    He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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11. Psalms 78:57

    They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

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12. Isaiah 13:18

    Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.

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    “(Verse 18, 19.) All the kings of the nations slept in glory, each one in his own house. But you have been cast out of your tomb like a fetid liquid: defiled, wrapped up with the slain and those pierced by the sword, who descend to the depths of the pit. LXX: All the kings of the nations slept in honor, each one in his own house. But you will be cast down on the mountains like an untimely birth, abominable and wrapped up with the slain who descend to the foundations of the earth.

    “(Vers. 17, 18.) Behold, I will raise up against them the Medes, who do not seek silver, nor desire gold; but they will kill the small children with arrows, and have no mercy on the infants in the womb, and their eyes will not spare the children. We find in Genesis (Gen. X) that Madai was the founder of the nation of the Medes, which means measure, or from a mighty or strong one.

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13. Jeremiah 49:35

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

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    “Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I will break the bow of Elam,.... The inhabitants of this country were famous for their skill in archery; See Gill on Isa 22:6; this the Lord threatens to break, so that it, should be useless, and of no more service to them to defend themselves, or annoy others.

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14. Lamentations 2:4

    He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.

    ›Commentary on Lamentations 2:41 voice

    “He hath bent his bow - he stood with his right hand - This is the attitude of the archer. He first bends his bow; then sets his arrow upon the string; and, lastly, placing his right hand on the lower end of the arrow, in connection with the string, takes his aim, and prepares to let fly.

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15. Lamentations 3:12

    He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

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    “He hath bent his bow,.... Which is put for all the instruments, of war; the Chaldeans were archers, and shot their arrows into the city: and set me as a mark for the arrow; as a target to shoot at; signifying that God dealt with him, or his people, as enemies, the object of his wrath and indignation; and if he directed his arrow against them, it must needs hit them; there was no escaping his vengeance; see Job 7:20.

    “He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow - One might conjecture that the following thought in the Toozek i Teemour was borrowed from this: - “One addressed the caliph Aaly, and said, ‘If the heavens were a bow, and the earth the cord thereof; if calamities were arrows, man the butt for those arrows; and the holy blessed God the unerring marksman; where could the sons of Adam flee for succor?’ The caliph replied, ‘The children of Adam must flee unto the Lord.’” This was the state of poor Jerusalem.

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16. Ezekiel 1:28

    The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

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