Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

They will be given over to the power of the sword;
they will become the jackals’ prey.

New American Standard Bible

They will be delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.

King James Version

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

International Standard Version

May they be given over to the power of the sword; may they become carrion for jackals.

A Conservative Version

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be a portion for foxes.

American Standard Version

They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.

Amplified


They will be given over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.

Darby Translation

They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be the portion of foxes.

Julia Smith Translation

They shall deliver to the hands of the sword; they shall be a portion of foxes.

King James 2000

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They [who] would {deliver him to the sword} will become a portion for jackals.

Modern King James verseion

They shall fall by the sword; they shall be a serving for jackals.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They shall fall into the sword, and be a portion for foxes.

NET Bible

Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.

New Heart English Bible

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

The Emphasized Bible

Every one shall be given up into the power of the sword, The portion of jackals, shall they become.

Webster

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

World English Bible

They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

Youngs Literal Translation

They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.

References

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Fausets

Fox

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Morish

Fox

Watsons

Fox

Context Readings

Praise God Who Satisfies

9 But those who seek to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;
they will become the jackals’ prey.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by Him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.


Cross References

Jeremiah 18:21

Therefore, hand their children over to famine,
and pour the sword’s power on them.
Let their wives become childless and widowed,
their husbands slain by deadly disease,
their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

Ezekiel 35:5

“Because you maintained an ancient hatred and handed over the Israelites to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster, the time of final punishment,

1 Samuel 26:10

David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

1 Samuel 31:1-6

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.

Song of Songs 2:15

(W) Catch the foxes for us
the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—
for our vineyards are in bloom.

Ezekiel 39:4

You, all your troops, and the peoples who are with you will fall on the mountains of Israel. I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and to the wild animals.

Ezekiel 39:17-20

“Son of man, this is what the Lord God says: Tell every kind of bird and all the wild animals: Assemble and come! Gather from all around to My sacrificial feast that I am slaughtering for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel; you will eat flesh and drink blood.

Revelation 19:17-18

Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying high overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

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