Psalms 144:6

144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

KJV

Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and destroy them.

144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; hand from: Heb. hands from

What does Psalms 144:6 mean?

Psalms 144:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּרַק (bâraq), בָּרָק (bârâq), פּוּץ (pûwts).

Hebrew interlinear

Cast

forthבָּרַקbâraq/baw-rak'/H1299to lighten (lightning)

lightning,בָּרָקbârâq/baw-rawk'/H1300lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword

and

scatterפּוּץpûwts/poots/H6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)

them:

shoot

outשָׁלַחshâlach/shaw-lakh'/H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

thine

arrows,חֵץchêts/khayts/H2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear

and

destroyהָמַםhâmam/haw-mam'/H2000properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy

them.

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Psalms

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 144:6.

2 Samuel 22:15

And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

Psalms 18:14

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 144:6 say?

Psalms 144:6 (King James Version) reads: "Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them."

Is Psalms 144:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 144:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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