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Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”

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ASV

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.

KJV

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַשְׁכִּ֤יר'ash.KirI will make drunkH7937 →
חִצַּי֙chi.Tzaiarrows myH2671 →
מִדָּ֔םmi.Damfrom bloodH1818 →
וְחַרְבִּ֖יve.char.Biand sword myH2719 →
תֹּאכַ֣לto.Khalit will devourH398 →
בָּשָׂ֑רba.SarfleshH1320 →
מִדַּ֤םmi.Damfrom [the] blood ofH1818 →
חָלָל֙cha.Lal[the] slainH2491 →
וְשִׁבְיָ֔הve.shiv.Yahand [the] captiveH7633 →
מֵרֹ֖אשׁme.Roshfrom [the] head ofH7218 →
פַּרְע֥וֹתpar.'ot[the] leaders ofH6546 →
אוֹיֵֽב׃'o.Yev[the] enemyH341 →

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Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.Psalms 144:6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.Ezekiel 38:21–22And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.Jeremiah 46:10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.Numbers 14:9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”Lamentations 2:5The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.Psalms 68:23that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”Jeremiah 46:14“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.Jeremiah 16:10When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’Psalms 45:5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.Ezekiel 35:6–8therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.Genesis 34:26They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

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