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Bible in Basic English

How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?

New American Standard Bible

“How can you say, ‘We are mighty warriors,
And men valiant for battle’?

King James Version

How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

Holman Bible

How can you say, “We are warriors—
mighty men ready for battle”?

International Standard Version

"How can you say, "We're strong warriors, and soldiers ready for battle'?

A Conservative Version

How can ye say, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

American Standard Version

How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

Amplified


“How can you say, ‘We are great warriors
And valiant men in war?’

Darby Translation

How do ye say, We are mighty, and men of valour for the war?

Julia Smith Translation

How shall ye say, We are mighty and men of strength for war?

King James 2000

How say you, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

Lexham Expanded Bible

How can you say, 'we [are] warriors, and men of might for the battle.'

Modern King James verseion

How do you say, We are mighty and strong men for war?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Wherefore do ye think thus, 'We are mighty, and strong men of war'?

NET Bible

How can you men of Moab say, 'We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?'

New Heart English Bible

How can you say, "We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?"

The Emphasized Bible

How can ye say, Heroes, are we? and Men of might for the war?

Webster

How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

World English Bible

How do you say, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

Youngs Literal Translation

How do ye say, We are mighty, And men of strength for battle?

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ye, We are mighty
גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

and strong
חיל 
Chayil 
Usage: 243

men
אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

References

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Moab

13 And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope. 14 How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters? 15 He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her; and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.

Cross References

Psalm 33:16

A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

Isaiah 10:13

For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;

Isaiah 10:16

For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.

Psalm 11:1

In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

Ecclesiastes 9:11

And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

Isaiah 16:6

We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.

Isaiah 36:4-5

And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?

Jeremiah 8:8

How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.

Jeremiah 9:23

This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

Jeremiah 49:16

... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 30:6

This is what the Lord has said: The supporters of Egypt will have a fall, and the pride of her power will come down: from Migdol to Syene they will be put to the sword in it, says the Lord.

Zephaniah 2:10

This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.

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