Psalm 46:9 {45:10}
Good News Translation
He stops wars all over the world; he breaks bows, destroys spears, and sets shields on fire.

New Revised Standard Version
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

Contemporary English Version
God brings wars to an end all over the world. He breaks the arrows, shatters the spears, and burns the shields.

New American Bible
Who stops wars to the ends of the earth, breaks the bow, splinters the spear, and burns the shields with fire;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.

maketh

Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.

Isaiah 11:9 They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.

Isaiah 60:18 Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates.

Micah 4:3,4 And many nations shall come in haste, and say: Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth out of Sion, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem. . . .

breaketh

Psalm 76:3-6 There hath he broken the powers of bows, the shield, the sword, and the battle. . . .

Ezekiel 39:3,9,10 And I will break thy bow in thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall out of thy right hand. . . .

burneth

Joshua 11:6,9 And the Lord said to Joshua: Fear them not: for to morrow at this same hour I will deliver all these to be slain in the sight of Israel: thou shalt hamstring their horses, and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire. . . .

Micah 5:10 Thy hand shall be lifted up over thy enemies, and all thy enemies shall be cut off.

Context
God is Our Refuge and Strength
8Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth, 9Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.10Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:4
The bow of the mighty is overcome, and the weak are girt with strength.

2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.

Psalm 37:15
Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.

Psalm 76:3
There hath he broken the powers of bows, the shield, the sword, and the battle.

Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge the Gentiles, and rebuke many people: and they shall turn their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they be exercised any more to war.

Isaiah 9:5
For every violent taking of spoils, with tumult, and garment mingled with blood, shall be burnt, and be fuel for the fire.

Jeremiah 49:35
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.

Jeremiah 51:56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay.

Ezekiel 39:9
And the inhabitants shall go forth of the cities of Israel, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, the shields, and the spears, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves and the pikes: and they shall burn them with fire seven years.

Micah 4:3
And many nations shall come in haste, and say: Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth out of Sion, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem.

Nahum 2:13
Behold I come against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn thy chariots even to smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey out of the land, and the voice of thy messengers shall be heard no more.

Haggai 2:22
And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and will destroy the strength of the kingdom of the Gentiles: and I will overthrow the chariot, and him that rideth therein: and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

Psalm 46:8
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