He made my words like a sharp sword;(A)
he hid me in the shadow of his hand.(B)
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
he hid me in his quiver.

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He made my mouth(A) like a sharpened sword,(B)
    in the shadow of his hand(C) he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow(D)
    and concealed me in his quiver.

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16 He had seven stars in his right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from his mouth,(A) and his face was shining like the sun at full strength.(B)

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16 In his right hand he held seven stars,(A) and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.(B) His face was like the sun(C) shining in all its brilliance.

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15 A sharp[a] sword(A) came from his mouth, so that he might strike the nations with it.(B) He will rule[b] them with an iron rod.(C) He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God,(D) the Almighty.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:15 Other mss add double-edged
  2. 19:15 Or shepherd

15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword(A) with which to strike down(B) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a](C) He treads the winepress(D) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:15 Psalm 2:9