Psalms 46:9
Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,
10Desist, and know that I [am] God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.
Cross References
Joshua 11:6And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Be not afraid of their presence, for to-morrow about this time I am giving all of them wounded before Israel; their horses thou dost hough, and their chariots burn with fire.'
1 Samuel 2:4Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.
Psalms 76:3There he hath shivered arrows of a bow, Shield, and sword, and battle. Selah.
Isaiah 10:23For a consumption that is determined, The Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land.
Isaiah 60:18Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called 'Salvation' thy walls, And thy gates, 'Praise.'
Ezekiel 39:9And gone out have the inhabitants of cities of Israel, And they have burned and kindled [a fire], With armour, and shield, and buckler, With bow, and with arrows, And with hand-staves, and with javelins, And they have caused a fire to burn with them seven years,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 46:7-11
Confidence in God. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8 Come, behold the works of the Lord , what desolations he hath made in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The Lord… Read the whole commentary →