King James Version
Psalms 144:6 in the King James Version says “Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 144 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.”
Psalms 144:6 · KJV
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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.
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
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and scatter”
H6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
“thine arrows”
H2671properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
“and destroy”
H2000properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy
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