Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

I will make my arrows red with blood, my sword will be feasting on flesh, with the blood of the dead and the prisoners, of the long-haired heads of my haters.

New American Standard Bible

I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.’

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

I'll make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh, along with the blood of the slain, and I'll take their enemy leaders captive.'

A Conservative Version

I will make my 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.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified


‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.’

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall eat flesh, From the blood of the wounded and the captivity, From the head of the enemy's leaders.

King James 2000

I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the heads of the leaders of the enemy.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain, and captives from the heads of the leaders of [the] enemy.'

Modern King James verseion

I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the hairy scalp of the enemy.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I will make mine arrows drunken with blood, and my sword shall eat flesh of the blood of the slain and of the captive and of the bare head of the enemy.'

NET Bible

I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh -- the blood of the slaughtered and captured, the chief of the enemy's leaders!'"

New Heart English Bible

I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy."

The Emphasized Bible

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And, my sword, shall devour flesh, - With the blood of the slain and the captive, With the flesh of the chief leader of the foe.

Webster

I will make my 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.

World English Bible

I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy."

Youngs Literal Translation

I make drunk Mine arrows with blood, And My sword devoureth flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the freemen of the enemy.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I will make mine arrows
חץ 
Chets 
Usage: 53

שׁכר 
Shakar 
Usage: 19

with blood
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

and my sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

and that with the blood
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

of the slain
חלל 
Chalal 
Usage: 94

and of the captives
שׁביה 
Shibyah 
Usage: 9

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

פּרעה 
Par`ah 
Usage: 2

Context Readings

Moses' Song

41 If I make sharp my shining sword, and my hand is outstretched for judging, I will give punishment to those who are against me, and their right reward to my haters. 42 I will make my arrows red with blood, my sword will be feasting on flesh, with the blood of the dead and the prisoners, of the long-haired heads of my haters. 43 Be glad, O you his people, over the nations; for he will take payment for the blood of his servants, and will give punishment to his haters, and take away the sin of his land, for his people.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:23

I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.

Jeremiah 46:10

But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Job 13:24

Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

Psalm 45:5

Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

Psalm 68:23

So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.

Isaiah 34:6-8

The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom.

Jeremiah 16:10

And it will be, that when you say all these words to the people, then they will say to you, Why has the Lord done all this evil against us? what is our wrongdoing and what is our sin which we have done against the Lord our God?

Jeremiah 30:14

Your lovers have no more thought for you, they go after you no longer; for I have given you the wound of a hater, even cruel punishment;

Jeremiah 46:14

Give the news in Migdol, make it public in Noph: say, Take up your positions and make yourselves ready; for on every side of you the sword has made destruction.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

Ezekiel 35:6-8

For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you.

Ezekiel 38:21-22

And I will send to all my mountains for a sword against him, says the Lord: every man's sword will be against his brother.

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