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Psalms 46:9

He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

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ASV

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.

KJV

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַשְׁבִּ֥יתmash.Bit[he is] making ceaseH7673 →
מִלְחָמוֹת֮mil.cha.mOtwarsH4421 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
קְצֵ֪הke.Tzeh[the] end ofH7097 →
הָ֫אָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
קֶ֣שֶׁתKe.shetbow[s]H7198 →
יְ֭שַׁבֵּרYe.sha.berhe breaksH7665 →
וְקִצֵּ֣ץve.ki.Tzetzand he cuts in twoH7112 →
חֲנִ֑יתcha.Nitspear[s]H2595 →
עֲ֝גָל֗וֹתa.ga.LotcartsH5699 →
יִשְׂרֹ֥ףyis.Rofhe burnsH8313 →
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →

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Isaiah 2:4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.Micah 4:3–4Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.Micah 5:10“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.Joshua 11:9Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.Isaiah 60:18No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.Psalms 76:3–6There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. SelahIsaiah 11:9They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.Psalms 18:34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.Hosea 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.Ezekiel 39:3Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.Joshua 11:6Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”Psalms 76:3There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. SelahNahum 2:13“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”Ezekiel 39:9Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.Ezekiel 39:9–10Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.2 Samuel 1:27How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

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