Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 will kill the Babylonians and everyone who lives in Babylon, declares Jehovah. A sword will kill their officials and their wise men. 36 “A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools!
A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered!
37 A sword will kill their horses, their chariots, and all the foreigners within their ranks. They will become women. A sword will destroy their treasures, and they will be looted.



Cross References

Jeremiah 49:22

The enemy will attack Bozrah like an eagle swooping down with outspread wings. On that day Edom's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor.

Isaiah 44:25

I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.

Nahum 3:13

Look! Your soldiers are like women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies. Fire will destroy the bars of your gates.

2 Samuel 15:31

Someone told David: Ahithophel is helping Absalom conspire against you! David said: Please Jehovah keep Ahithophel's plans from working!

2 Samuel 17:14

Absalom and all the people of Israel said: The advice of Hushai from Archi's family is better than Ahithophel's advice. Jehovah commanded Ahithophel's good advice to be defeated in order to ruin Absalom.

2 Chronicles 25:16

The king asked him: Did we make you an adviser to the king? Stop! Do you want me to have you killed? The prophet stopped. He said: I know that God has decided to destroy you because you did this. Yet you refuse to listen to my advice.

Isaiah 43:14

This is what Jehovah, your redeemer, and the Holy One of Israel, says: For your sake I will send an army to Babylon. I will bring back all the Babylonian refugees in the ships that they take pride in.

Isaiah 47:10-15

You felt sure of yourself in your evil. You thought that no one could see you. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray. Then you said to yourself: 'I am God! There is no one else like me.'

Jeremiah 48:30

Jehovah says: 'I know Moab's great pride, but it is of no use. Moab's bragging gains nothing.

Jeremiah 50:30

That is why their young men will die in the streets, and all their soldiers will be silenced that day, declares Jehovah.

Jeremiah 51:23

I will use you to crush shepherds and their flocks. I will use you to crush farmers and their oxen. I will use you to crush governors and officials.

Jeremiah 51:30

The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.

Jeremiah 51:32

The river crossings have been taken. The enemy has burned its marshes, and its soldiers are terrified.

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looks back.

Nahum 3:7

And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is devastated: who will weep for her? Where will I get comforters for her?

Nahum 3:17-18

Your princes are as the locusts, and your officers as the swarms of grasshoppers. They encamp in the hedges on a cold day, but when the sun shines they flee away and no one knows where they go.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

The evil (lawless) one will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false signs and wonders.

1 Timothy 4:2

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron.

1 Timothy 6:4

he is proud, knows nothing, has a morbid interest in questions and disputes about words, which leads to envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,

Revelation 19:20

The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs (impure men) and those who practice spiritism, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone who tells lies.'

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