Parallel Verses

King James 2000

A sword is upon the diviners; and they shall become fools: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

New American Standard Bible

“A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools!
A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered!

King James Version

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

Holman Bible

A sword is against the diviners,
and they will act foolishly.
A sword is against her heroic warriors,
and they will be terrified.

International Standard Version

A sword against the diviners. They'll be made fools. A sword against her warriors. They'll be shattered.

A Conservative Version

A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools. A sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

American Standard Version

A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

Amplified


“A sword against the oracle priests (the babbling liars), and they will become fools!
A sword against her mighty warriors, and they will be shattered and destroyed!

Bible in Basic English

A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.

Darby Translation

the sword is upon the liars, and they shall become fools; the sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed;

Julia Smith Translation

A sword against the liars; and they were foolish: a sword against her strong ones, and they were broken.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become foolish. A sword against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

Modern King James verseion

A sword is on the liars, and they shall become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be afraid.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The sword upon their soothsayers: as for those, they shall become fools. The sword upon their worthies: so that they shall stand in fear.

NET Bible

Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!

New Heart English Bible

A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

The Emphasized Bible

A sword, is against the praters, And they shall be shewn to be foolish, A sword, is against her heroes And they shall be dismayed:

Webster

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall be sottish: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

World English Bible

A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

Youngs Literal Translation

A sword is on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword is on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

is upon the liars
בּד 
Bad 
Usage: 5

יאל 
Ya'al 
Usage: 4

a sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

Verse Info

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36  A sword is upon the diviners; and they shall become fools: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mixed people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.



Cross References

Jeremiah 49:22

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in birth pangs.

Isaiah 44:25

That frustrates the omens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

Nahum 3:13

Behold, your troops in the midst of you are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open unto your enemies: the fire shall devour the bars of your gates.

2 Samuel 15:31

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had purposed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Chronicles 25:16

And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Are you made the king's counselor? stop; why should you be killed? Then the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not hearkened unto my counsel.

Isaiah 43:14

Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought them all down as fugitives, and the Chaldeans, whose song is in their ships.

Isaiah 47:10-15

For you have trusted in your wickedness: you have said, None sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.

Jeremiah 48:30

I know his wrath, says the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

Jeremiah 50:30

Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:23

I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

Jeremiah 51:30

The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they have remained in their strongholds: their might has failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwelling places; her bars are broken.

Jeremiah 51:32

And that the fords are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are terrified.

Nahum 2:8

Though Nineveh was of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

Nahum 3:7

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? where shall I seek comforters for you?

Nahum 3:17-18

Your princes are like the locusts, and your officials like the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges on the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

1 Timothy 4:2

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

1 Timothy 6:4

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting over questions and disputes of words, out of which comes envy, strife, railings, evil suspicions,

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Revelation 22:15

For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.

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