Parallel Verses
NET Bible
How can you men of Moab say, 'We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?'
New American Standard Bible
And men valiant for battle’?
King James Version
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
Holman Bible
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?’
Bible in Basic English
How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?
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'?
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?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:14
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A Message Concerning Moab
13 The people of Moab will be disappointed by their god Chemosh. They will be as disappointed as the people of Israel were when they put their trust in the calf god at Bethel. 14 How can you men of Moab say, 'We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?' 15 Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its finest young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the Lord who rules over all, affirm it!
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Cross References
Psalm 33:16
No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.
Isaiah 10:13
For he says: "By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.
Isaiah 10:16
For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.
Psalm 11:1
For the music director; by David. In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, "Flee to a mountain like a bird!
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge -- for time and chance may overcome them all.
Isaiah 16:6
We have heard about Moab's pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty!
Isaiah 36:4-5
The chief adviser said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: "What is your source of confidence?
Jeremiah 8:8
How can you say, "We are wise! We have the law of the Lord"? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean.
Jeremiah 9:23
The Lord says, "Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
Jeremiah 49:16
The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.
Ezekiel 30:6
"'This is what the Lord says: Egypt's supporters will fall; her confident pride will crumble. From Migdol to Syene they will die by the sword within her, declares the sovereign Lord.
Zephaniah 2:10
This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the Lord who commands armies.