“ Now, O sword of the Lord, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still.

耶和华的刀剑哪，你到几时才止息呢？你要入鞘，安靖不动。

耶和华的刀剑哪，你要到几时才止息呢？要入鞘，安静不动。

耶和华的刀剑哪，你要到几时才止息呢？要入鞘，安静不动。

你们大喊，‘耶和华的刀啊，你何时才停下来呢？求你入鞘吧！停下来吧！’

耶和华的刀剑哪，你要到几时才可停下来呢？请你入鞘吧！休息静止吧！

耶和華的刀劍哪，你到幾時才止息呢？你要入鞘，安靖不動。

耶和華的刀劍哪，你要到幾時才止息呢？要入鞘，安靜不動。

耶和華的刀劍哪，你要到幾時才止息呢？要入鞘，安靜不動。

你們大喊，『耶和華的刀啊，你何時才停下來呢？求你入鞘吧！停下來吧！』

耶和華的刀劍哪，你要到幾時才可停下來呢？請你入鞘吧！休息靜止吧！

哦，永恆主的刀劍哪，你到幾時才能安靜下來呢？你收入鞘，靜息不動吧！

耶和華之刃歟、爾將何時休息、其入於鞘、安然不動、

耶和華之劍、何時入鞘、鋒藏不試。

主之劍乎、爾行戮不息、何時方止、當入於鞘、安靖不動、

“‘ Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’

“‘ Sword of the Lord!’ you cry out.‘ How long will it be until you rest? Return to the place you came from. Stop killing us! Be still!’

Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!

Oh, sword of the LORD! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent!

Ah, sword of the Lord, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Rest and stay still.

“ O you sword of the Lord, How long until you are quiet? Put yourself up into your scabbard, Rest and be still!

O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

Oh, sword of the Lord! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent!

O thou sword of the LORD, how long[ will it be] ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

How long will you cry out,‘ Oh, sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!’

“‘ You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’

Tell her,‘ This is what the Lord says: I am your enemy, O Israel, and I am about to unsheath my sword to destroy your people— the righteous and the wicked alike.Yes, I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked! I will draw my sword against everyone in the land from south to north.Everyone in the world will know that I am the Lord. My sword is in my hand, and it will not return to its sheath until its work is finished.’

On all the bare hilltops, destroying armies can be seen. The sword of the Lord devours people from one end of the nation to the other. No one will escape!

“ Now return the sword to its sheath, for in your own country, the land of your birth, I will pass judgment upon you.

But Jesus said to Peter,“ Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?”

Then the Lord said to me,“ Now tell them,‘ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink from this cup of my anger. Get drunk and vomit; fall to rise no more, for I am sending terrible wars against you.’

Arise, O Lord! Stand against them, and bring them to their knees! Rescue me from the wicked with your sword!

when I sharpen my flashing sword and begin to carry out justice, I will take revenge on my enemies and repay those who reject me.I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh— the blood of the slaughtered and the captives, and the heads of the enemy leaders.”’

“ Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.

“ You are my battle ax and sword,” says the Lord.“ With you I will shatter nations and destroy many kingdoms.With you I will shatter armies— destroying the horse and rider, the chariot and charioteer.With you I will shatter men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks, farmers and oxen, captains and officers.

Then the Lord spoke to the angel, who put the sword back into its sheath.

How long must this land mourn? Even the grass in the fields has withered. The wild animals and birds have disappeared because of the evil in the land. For the people have said,“ The Lord doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!”

Abner shouted down to Joab,“ Must we always be killing each other? Don’t you realize that bitterness is the only result? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?”

“ What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger.

How long must I see the battle flags and hear the trumpets of war?

But can the ax boast greater power than the person who uses it? Is the saw greater than the person who saws? Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it? Can a wooden cane walk by itself?

“ I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the Lord.“ I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left.