Psalms 45:5

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“Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.”

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BSBPD

“Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; They arein the heart of the king’s enemies.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thine arrows <FI>are<Fi> sharp, --Peoples fall under Thee--In the heart of the enemies of the king.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 45:5 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
  2. Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  3. Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
  4. Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
  5. Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
  6. Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
  7. Jeremiah 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  8. Zechariah 9:13For I will bend Judah as My bowand fit it with Ephraim.I will rouse your sons, O Zion,against the sons of Greece.I will make you like the swordof a mighty man.
  9. Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
  10. Luke 20:18Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
  11. Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
  12. Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
  13. Acts 4:4But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
  14. Acts 5:14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
  15. Acts 5:33When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
  16. Acts 6:7So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
  17. Acts 7:54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
  18. Romans 15:18I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

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