Other translations
New Catholic Bible
and sharpen unrelenting wrath for a sword, and the whole world will unite with him to fight against the reckless.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against his frenzied foes.
Good News Translation®
He will sharpen his stern anger into a sword, and the forces of nature will join him in battle against those who are foolish enough to oppose him.
Wycliffe Bible
forsooth he shall whet hard wrath into a spear, and the world shall fight with him against unwitty (or unwitting) men. [he shall sharpen forsooth hard wrath into a spear, and the roundness of (the) earth’s shall fight with him against the unwise.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against the madmen.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and the world will join him to fight against the senseless.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against his frenzied foes.
Common English Bible © 2011
He will sharpen his fierce anger into a sword. The cosmos itself will join with him to defeat those who have wandered from reason.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
and sharpen his sudden anger for a sword. The universe will war with him against the foolhardy;
Revised Standard Version
and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against the madmen.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
and sharpen stern wrath for a sword, and creation will join with him to fight against his frenzied foes.