Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have also turned back the edge of his sword and have not helped him stand [his ground] in the battle.
New American Standard Bible
And have
King James Version
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Holman Bible
and have not let him stand in battle.
International Standard Version
Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle.
A Conservative Version
Yea, thou turn back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
American Standard Version
Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Amplified
Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword
And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.
Bible in Basic English
His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
Darby Translation
Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
Julia Smith Translation
Also thou wilt turn hack the edge of his sword, and thou caused him not to rise up in war.
King James 2000
You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.
Modern King James verseion
You also have turned back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand in the battle.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou hast taken away the strength of his sword, and givest him not victory in the battle.
NET Bible
You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.
New Heart English Bible
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.
The Emphasized Bible
Yea thou hast turned the edge of his sword, Neither hast thou caused him to stand in the battle;
Webster
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
World English Bible
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also -- Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 89:43
Verse Info
Context Readings
Perplexity About God's Promises
42 You have raised the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all his enemies rejoice. 43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword and have not helped him stand [his ground] in the battle. 44 You have made his splendor to cease, and cast his throne to the ground.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36-37
As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring fearfulness in their hearts in the land of their enemies; and a sound of a windblown leaf shall pursue them, and they shall flee [like] flight {before} a sword, and they shall fall, but there shall not be a pursuer.
Numbers 14:42
You should not go up because Yahweh is not in your midst; do not let yourselves be defeated in the presence of your enemies,
Numbers 14:45
So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who were living on the mountain descended, and they beat them down, up to Hormah.
Joshua 7:4-5
So about three thousand from the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
Joshua 7:8-12
Please, my Lord! What can I say after {Israel has fled from its enemies}?
2 Chronicles 25:8
But even still, you yourself go, do! Be strong for the battle [else] God will make you stumble before the enemy! For there is power with God to help and to cause stumbling."
Psalm 44:10
You have caused us to pull back from [the] enemy, and [so] those who hate us have plundered for themselves.
Ezekiel 30:21-25
"Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, I have broken. And look, it has not been bound up for giving of a remedy, or for [the] placing of a splint to bind it [up] to make it strong to take hold of the sword."