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Bible Verses About Buckler: 12

Bible Verses About Buckler: 12 on tsinnah, large shield.

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By Christopher McAllister

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Published October 2, 20265 min readPsalm 35:2 (NIV)

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"Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid."

— Psalm 35:2 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about buckler want Scripture on the large shield (tsinnah) and KJV "buckler" language — not only the shield magen confession or the armor of God inventory alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text (noting KJV "buckler" where it matters) and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about the armor of God, Bible verses about protection, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about strength, Bible verses about prayer, Bible verses about hope, and Bible verse of the day. Buckler here means large-shield / tsinnah and KJV buckler pair language — distinct from magen-shield confession alone or Eph 6 shield-of-faith alone.

Word study (lead theme). In Hebrew, the large shield is often צִנָּה tsinnah (Strong's H6793; Bible Hub H6793) — a large shield covering more of the body. The KJV often pairs "shield and buckler." Psalm 35:2 (NIV "shield and armor"; KJV "shield and buckler") and Proverbs 2:7 (KJV "a buckler to them that walk uprightly") keep that vocabulary. This list tracks buckler / large-shield language — not the whole magen confession and not the armor inventory.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalm 35 presses that the psalmist calls God to take up defensive weapons and come to his aid, and that prayer may ask God to act as defender (Bible Hub MHC Psalms 35; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Psalm 35). (Shield and armor-of-God lists live on those pages; this list centers buckler.)

12 Bible verses about buckler

  1. Psalm 35:2. "Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid." Shield and armor (KJV: shield and buckler) — arise and come. See Bible verses about prayer.

  2. Proverbs 2:7. "He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless," A shield to the blameless (KJV: a buckler to them that walk uprightly). See Bible verses about faith.

  3. Psalm 91:4. "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart." Shield and rampart (KJV: shield and buckler). See Bible verses about protection.

  4. Jeremiah 46:3. "'Prepare your shields, both large and small, and march out for battle!" Large and small shields — prepare (KJV buckler language in the same family). See Bible verses about strength.

  5. Ezekiel 39:9. "'Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel." Large shields among the weapons God ends. See Bible verses about hope.

  6. 1 Chronicles 12:8. "Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains." Able to handle the shield — warriors with David. See Bible verses about strength.

  7. 2 Chronicles 14:8. "Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men." Large shields — Asa's equipped army. See Bible verses about faith.

  8. 2 Chronicles 25:5. "Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He then mustered those twenty years old or more and found that there were three hundred thousand men fit for military service, able to handle the spear and the shield." Able to handle spear and shield. See Bible verses about strength.

  9. Ezekiel 23:24. "They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons and with a throng of people; they will take up positions against you on every side with large and small shields and helmets. I will turn you over to them for punishment, and they will punish you according to their standards." Large and small shields in judgment language. See Bible verses about justice.

  10. Ezekiel 26:8. "He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you." Raise his shields — siege language. See Bible verses about hope.

  11. Ezekiel 38:4. "I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords." Large and small shields in the horde. See Bible verses about providence.

  12. Song of Songs 4:4. "Your neck is like the tower of David, built with courses of stone; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors." A thousand shields — tower imagery. See Bible verses about praise.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need the buckler — not twelve as a grind. If you need the prayer that asks God to take up shield and buckler, start with Psalm 35:2. If you need wisdom's buckler for the upright, open Proverbs 2:7. If you need faithfulness as shield and rampart, open Psalm 91:4. For God-as-magen confession, open Bible verses about shield. For the armor inventory, open Bible verses about the armor of God. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a buckler in the Bible?

A buckler is a shield — often the larger Hebrew tsinnah (H6793) — and the KJV word for that defensive piece. Psalm 35:2 and Proverbs 2:7 are classic places readers meet the word.

How do Bible verses about buckler differ from shield or armor of God alone?

Shield pages often center magen confession (God is my shield). Armor pages center Ephesians 6. This page centers tsinnah / KJV buckler language — large-shield and pair vocabulary — then cross-links shield and armor. See Bible verses about shield and Bible verses about the armor of God.

What does tsinnah mean?

Hebrew tsinnah (H6793) means a large shield. Chronicles and Ezekiel use it for military equipment; the Psalms use related shield-and-buckler prayer language.

Why does the KJV say "buckler" when the NIV says "shield" or "armor"?

English translations choose different words for the same Hebrew defensive vocabulary. Comparing NIV and KJV on Psalm 35:2 and Proverbs 2:7 helps. See Bible verses about protection.

Where can I read more about protection, faith, and strength?

Start with Bible verses about protection, then Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about strength, and Bible verses about the armor of God.

Sources

NIV text quoted for readability; KJV "buckler" noted where the search term depends on it. Cross-check wording in your preferred translation.

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