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15 Your all-powerful word from heaven’s royal throne
    leapt into the doomed land,(A)
16     a fierce warrior bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree,
And alighted, and filled every place with death,
    and touched heaven, while standing upon the earth.(B)

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'Wisdom 18:15-16' not found for the version: New International Version.

He made my mouth like a sharp-edged sword,
    concealed me, shielded by his hand.
He made me a sharpened arrow,
    in his quiver he hid me.

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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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17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.(A)

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17 Take the helmet of salvation(A) and the sword of the Spirit,(B) which is the word of God.(C)

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16 In his right hand he held seven stars.[a] A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun at its brightest.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:16 Seven stars: in the pagan world, Mithras and the Caesars were represented with seven stars in their right hand, symbolizing their universal dominion. A sharp two-edged sword: this refers to the word of God (cf. Eph 6:17; Hb 4:12) that will destroy unrepentant sinners; cf. Rev 2:16; 19:15; Wis 18:15; Is 11:4; 49:2. His face…brightest: this symbolizes the divine majesty of Christ; cf. Rev 10:1; 21:23; Jgs 5:31; Is 60:19; Mt 17:2.

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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12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum,[a] write this:

“‘The one with the sharp two-edged sword says this:

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Footnotes

  1. 2:12 Pergamum: modern Bergama, ca. forty-five miles northeast of Smyrna, a center for various kinds of pagan worship. It also had an outstanding library (the word parchment is derived from its name).

To the Church in Pergamum

12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum(A) write:

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.(B)

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