Verse Comparison: Psalms 21:12
American Standard Version
For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
Amplified® Bible
For You will make them turn their backs; You will aim Your bow [of divine justice] at their faces.
Contemporary English Version
You will make them run away by shooting your arrows at their faces.
Darby English Version
For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face.
Good News Bible
He will shoot his arrows at them and make them turn and run.
King James Version
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
New American Standard Bible
For You will make them turn their back; You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.
New International Version
for you will make them turn their backs
when you aim at them with drawn bow.
New King James Version
Therefore You will make them turn their back;
You will make ready Your arrows on Your string toward their faces.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For You will make them turn their back; You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.
Revised Standard Version
For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
Young's Literal Translation
For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.