Psalm 89:43
Modern Translations
New International Version
Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword and have not supported him in battle.

New Living Translation
You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.

English Standard Version
You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.

Berean Study Bible
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

New American Standard Bible
You also turn back the edge of his sword, And have not made him stand in battle.

NASB 1995
You also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him stand in battle.

NASB 1977
Thou dost also turn back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him stand in battle.

Amplified Bible
Also, You have turned back the edge of his sword And have not made him [strong enough] to stand in battle.

Christian Standard Bible
You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.

Contemporary English Version
But you forced him to retreat because you did not fight on his side.

Good News Translation
You have made his weapons useless and let him be defeated in battle.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You even took his sword out of his hand and failed to support him in battle.

International Standard Version
Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword and did not support him in battle.

NET Bible
You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

New King James Version
You have also turned back the edge of his sword, And have not sustained him in the battle.

King James 2000 Bible
You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle.

New Heart English Bible
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

World English Bible
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

American King James Version
You have also turned 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.

A Faithful Version
You also have turned back the edge of his sword and have not made him stand in the battle.

Darby Bible Translation
Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.

English Revised Version
Yea, thou turnest back the edge his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sworde, and hast not made him to stand in the battell.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(89:42) Thou hast turned the harde edge of his sworde: and thou hast not lifted him vp in the battayle.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Thou hast taken awaye the strength of his swerde, and geuest him not victory in the battayll.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, "" And have not established him in battle,

Young's Literal Translation
Also -- Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,

Smith's Literal Translation
Also thou wilt turn hack the edge of his sword, and thou caused him not to rise up in war.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you have turned away the aid of his sword and you have not upheld him in war!

Lamsa Bible
Thou hast turned the edge of his sword, and hast not sustained him in the battle.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle.
















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