Psalm 7:12
Strong's Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

one does not
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

repent,
יָ֭שׁוּב (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense) 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward 1d7) to turn against 1d8) to bring back to mind 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back 1f) (Pulal) brought back

God will sharpen
יִלְט֑וֹשׁ (yil·ṭō·wōš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3913: 1) to sharpen, hammer, whet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hammer 1a2) to sharpen (sword) 1a3) hammerer (participle) 1b) (Pual) to be sharpened

His sword;
חַרְבּ֣וֹ (ḥar·bōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: 1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone

He has bent
דָ֝רַ֗ךְ (ḏā·raḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1869: 1) to tread, bend, lead, march 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tread, march, march forth 1a2) to tread on, tread upon 1a3) to tread (a press) 1a4) to tread (bend) a bow 1a5) archer, bow-benders (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to tread, tread down 1b2) to tread (bend with the foot) a bow 1b3) to cause to go, lead, march, tread

and strung
וַֽיְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃ (way·ḵō·wn·ne·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

His bow.
קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ (qaš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7198: 1) bow 1a) bow (for hunting, battle) 1b) bowmen, archers 1c) bow (fig. of might) 1d) rainbow

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

Young's Literal Translation
If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden—He prepareth it,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If anyone does not repent,God will sharpen His sword; He has strung His bow and made it ready.

New American Standard Bible
If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

King James Bible
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.

New Living Translation
If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.

English Standard Version
If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;

New American Standard Bible
If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

King James Bible
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If anyone does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has strung His bow and made it ready.

International Standard Version
If the ungodly one doesn't repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and prepare it.

NET Bible
If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword and prepares to shoot his bow.

American Standard Version
If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

English Revised Version
If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Young's Literal Translation
If one turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it,
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

Psalm 11:2
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Psalm 17:13
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

Psalm 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Psalm 58:5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Psalm 64:7
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

Isaiah 5:28
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Habakkuk 3:9
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 7:11
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
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