392 verses contain “bow” (in the KJV: 299, in the BSB: 268) — showing 201–300
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They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
They have
tracked us down, and now
surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my
bowels.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will
kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
I
behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I
bowed down
heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
I
paced about as for my friend or brother; I was
bowed down with grief, like one
mourning for his mother.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their
bow, to cast down the poor and
needy, and to
slay such as be of upright conversation.
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the
bow to bring down the poor and
needy, to
slay those whose ways are upright.
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
But their swords will
pierce their own hearts, and their
bows will be broken.
I am troubled; I am
bowed down greatly; I go
mourning all the day long.
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about
mourning.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
For our soul is
bowed down to the dust: our
belly cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies
cling to the earth.
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
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.
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the
bow and
shatters the
spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is
bowed down: they have
digged a pit before me, into the midst
whereof they are fallen themselves.
Selah.
They spread a net for my feet; my soul was
despondent. They
dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it!
SelahLet them
melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his
bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
May they
vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the
bow, may their arrows be
blunted.
Thou hast given a
banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.
Selah.
You have raised a
banner for those who fear You, that they may
flee the
bow.
SelahHow long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a
bowing wall shall ye be, and as a
tottering fence.
Who
whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their
bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
who
sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name.
Selah.
All the earth
bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.”
SelahBy thee have I been
holden up from the
womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s
bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
I have
leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s
womb. My praise is always for You.
They that dwell in the wilderness shall
bow before him; and his enemies shall
lick the dust.
May the nomads
bow before him, and his enemies
lick the dust.
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
There
brake he the arrows of the
bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle.
Selah.
There He
shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war.
SelahThe children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a
deceitful bow.
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a
faulty bow.
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and
needy.
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and
needy.
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall
glorify thy name.
All the nations You have made will come and
bow before You, O Lord, and they will
glorify Your name.
O come, let us worship and
bow down: let us
kneel before the LORD our maker.
O come, let us worship and
bow down; let us
kneel before the LORD our Maker.
As he clothed himself with
cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his
bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
The
cursing that he
wore like a coat, may it
soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast
magnified thy word above all thy name.
I
bow down toward Your holy temple and give
thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have
exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are
weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
incline your ear to my insight,
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
In the day when the keepers of the house shall
tremble, and the strong men shall
bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be
darkened,
on the day the keepers of the house
tremble and the strong men
stoop, when those
grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see
dimly,
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden
bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern.
Remember Him before the silver cord is
snapped and the golden
bowl is
crushed, before the pitcher is
shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my
bowels were moved for him.
My beloved put his hand to the
latch; my heart pounded for him.
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
And the mean man
boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore
forgive them not.
So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not
forgive them!
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall be
bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be
exalted in that day.
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the
loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be
exalted in that day.
And the
loftiness of man shall be
bowed down, and the
haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be
exalted in that day.
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the
loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be
exalted in that day,
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their
bows bent, their horses’
hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a
whirlwind:
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their
bows are
strung. The
hooves of their horses are like flint; their
chariot wheels are like a
whirlwind.
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Men will go there with
bow and
arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Nothing will remain but to
crouch among the
captives or fall among the slain.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Their
bows also shall
dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no
pity on the fruit of the
womb; their eye shall not
spare children.
Their
bows will
dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the
womb; they will not look with
pity on the children.
Wherefore my
bowels shall sound like an
harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a
harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Therefore my body is filled with
anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am
bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent
bow, and from the
grievousness of war.
For they
flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the
bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
And they shall
hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
So they will
hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from
bowls to every kind of
jar.
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven
stubble to his
bow.
Who has
aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown
chaff with his
bow.
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself;
yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread;
yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a
graven image, and falleth down
thereto.
It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an
idol and
bows down to it.
And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his
graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
From the rest he makes a god, his
graven image. He
bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”
And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire;
yea, also I have
baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have
roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an
abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I
baked bread on its coals; I
roasted meat and I
ate. Shall I make something
detestable with the rest of it? Shall I
bow down to a block of wood?”
Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and
merchandise of
Ethiopia and of the
Sabeans, men of
stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make
supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the
merchandise of
Cush, along with the
Sabeans, men of
stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will
trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and
bow down to you. They will
confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
I have
sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every
knee shall
bow, every tongue shall
swear.
By Myself I have
sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be
revoked: Every
knee will
bow before Me, every tongue will
swear allegiance.
Bel boweth down,
Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the
weary beast.
They
stoop, they
bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
The gods cower; they
crouch together, unable to
relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.
They pour out their bags of gold and
weigh out silver on scales; they
hire a
goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can
bow down and worship.
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy
bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or
eliminated from My presence.”
Listen, O isles, unto me; and
hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the
womb; from the
bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the
womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
Thus saith the LORD, the
Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Thus says the LORD, the
Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was
despised and
abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will
bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
And kings shall be thy
nursing fathers, and their queens thy
nursing mothers: they shall
bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and
lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be
ashamed that wait for me.
Kings will be your
foster fathers, and their queens your
nursing mothers. They will
bow to you facedown and
lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
But I will put it into the hand of them that
afflict thee; which have said to thy soul,
Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to
afflict his soul? is it to
bow down his head as a
bulrush, and to spread
sackcloth and ashes under him?
wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to
bow his head like a reed, and to spread out
sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
The sons also of them that
afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that
despised thee shall
bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
The sons of your oppressors will come and
bow down to you; all who
reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the
habitation of thy
holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy
bowels and of thy
mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious
habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your
yearning and
compassion for me are restrained.
Which remain among the graves, and
lodge in the monuments, which eat
swine’s flesh, and
broth of
abominable things is in their vessels;
But ye are they that
forsake the LORD, that
forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that
troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
But you who
forsake the LORD, who
forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill
bowls of mixed wine for
Destiny,
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
I will
destine you for the sword, and you will all
kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not
listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to
Tarshish,
Pul, and Lud, that draw the
bow, to
Tubal, and
Javan, to the isles
afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to
Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to
Tubal,
Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will
proclaim My glory among the nations.
My
bowels, my
bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the
trump, the
alarm of war.
My
anguish, my
anguish! I
writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the
alarm of battle.
The whole city shall
flee for the noise of the
horsemen and
bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and
climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be
forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
Every city flees at the sound of the
horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and
climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
They shall lay hold on
bow and
spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they
ride upon horses, set in
array as men for war against thee, O daughter of
Zion.
They
grasp the
bow and
spear; they are cruel and
merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they
ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of
Zion.”
And they bend their tongues like their
bow for lies: but they are not
valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Is Ephraim my
dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my
bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great
compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
Come up, ye horses; and
rage, ye
chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the
bow.
Advance, O horses! Race
furiously, O
chariots! Let the warriors come forth—
Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of
Lydia drawing the
bow.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the
bow of
Elam, the chief of their might.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will
shatter Elam’s
bow, the
mainstay of their might.
Put
yourselves in
array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the
bow, shoot at her,
spare no arrows: for she hath
sinned against the LORD.
Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the
bow! Shoot at her!
Spare no arrows! For she has
sinned against the LORD.
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the
bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape:
recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the
bow.
Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has
defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
They shall hold the
bow and the
lance: they are cruel, and will not
shew mercy: their voice shall
roar like the sea, and they shall
ride upon horses, every one put in
array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
They
grasp the
bow and
spear; they are cruel and
merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they
ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his
bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his
brigandine: and
spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Do not let the archer bend his
bow or put on his
armor. Do not
spare her young men;
devote all her army to destruction!
Because the
spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their
bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their
bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of
retribution; He will repay in full.
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the
snuffers, and the
bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass
wherewith they ministered, took they away.
They also took away the pots, shovels,
wick trimmers,
sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
And the basons, and the firepans, and the
bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers,
sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering
bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my
bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have
grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am
churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most
rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
He hath bent his
bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an
adversary, and
slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of
Zion: he poured out his
fury like fire.
He has bent His
bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a
foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of
Zion.
The elders of the daughter of
Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have
girded themselves with
sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem
hang down their heads to the ground.
The elders of the Daughter of
Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on
sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have
bowed their heads to the ground.
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my
bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings
swoon in the streets of the city.
My eyes fail from
weeping; I am
churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants
faint in the streets of the city.
He hath bent his
bow, and set me as a mark for the
arrow.
He bent His
bow and set me as the
target for His
arrow.
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a
rainbow in a cloud on a
rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy
belly to eat, and fill thy
bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this
scroll I am giving you.” So I
ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their
bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the
stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the
porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the
portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were
bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
