Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Be at rest and stay still.
King James Version
O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Holman Bible
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
International Standard Version
Ah, sword of the LORD, how long before you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, be at rest, be silent!
A Conservative Version
O thou sword of LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard. Rest, and be still.
American Standard Version
O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.
Amplified
“O you sword of the Lord,
How long will it be before you are quiet?
Put yourself into your sheath;
Rest and be still.
Bible in Basic English
O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.
Darby Translation
Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Julia Smith Translation
Alas, thou sword of Jehovah, till when wilt thou rest? be gathered to thy sheath; be quiet and be still.
King James 2000
O you sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you are quiet? put yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ah, sword of Yahweh, {how long} will you not be quiet? Gather to your sheath, keep quiet and stand still.
Modern King James verseion
O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; rest and be still.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O thou sword of the LORD? Turn again unto thy sheath; rest, and leave off.
NET Bible
How long will you cry out, 'Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!'
New Heart English Bible
You sword of the LORD, "how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still."
The Emphasized Bible
Ah! thou sword of Yahweh, How long, wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, Rest thyself and be still.
Webster
O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
World English Bible
You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ho, sword of Jehovah, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath, rest and cease.
Themes
Swords » Carried in a sheath or scabbard
Swords » Illustrative » (putting, into its sheath,) of peace and friendship
References
Easton
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 47:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning The Philistines
5
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Be at rest and stay still.
Cross References
Jeremiah 12:12
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land; there is no peace for any flesh.
Ezekiel 21:3-5
and thou shalt say to the land of Israel, Thus hath the LORD said: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Deuteronomy 32:41-42
if I whet the resplendence of my sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to my enemies and will recompense those that hate me.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Dost thou not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then before thou bid the people to return from following their brethren?
1 Chronicles 21:27
And when the LORD spoke to the angel, he put up his sword again into its sheath.
Psalm 17:13
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, with thy sword;
Isaiah 10:5
O Assyrian, rod and staff of my anger, in thy hand have I placed my indignation.
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast itself against him that hews with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that moves it? as if the rod should rise up against those that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift itself up. Is it not wood?
Jeremiah 4:21
How long shall I see the banner and hear the voice of the shofar?
Jeremiah 12:4
How long shall the land be desolate, and the grass of all the field wither, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein? The cattle are lacking, and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
Jeremiah 15:3
And I will visit over them four kinds of evil, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
Jeremiah 25:27
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts, the God of Israel said; Drink and be drunken, and vomit and fall, and ye shall not rise in the presence of the sword which I send among you.
Jeremiah 51:20-23
Thou art my hammer, O weapons of war: for with thee I will break in pieces the Gentiles, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms;
Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword upon the land and say: Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast out of her;
Ezekiel 21:30
Shall I cause it to return into its sheath? I must judge thee in the place where thou wast raised, in the land of where thou hast lived.
John 18:11
Then Jesus said unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath; the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?