Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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?’

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'?

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?

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 ashamed hath been Moab because of Chemosh, As the house of Israel have been ashamed Because of Beth-El their confidence. 14 How do ye say, We are mighty, And men of strength for battle? 15 Spoiled is Moab, and her cities hath one gone up, And the choice of its young men Have gone down to slaughter, An affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.



Cross References

Psalm 33:16

The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

Isaiah 10:13

For he hath said, 'By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore doth the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, Send among his fat ones leanness, And under his honour He kindleth a burning As the burning of a fire.

Psalm 11:1

To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift is the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab -- very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not right are his devices.

Isaiah 36:4-5

And Rabshakeh saith unto them, 'Say ye, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, 'Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What is this confidence in which thou hast confided?

Jeremiah 8:8

How do ye say, We are wise, And the law of Jehovah is with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

Jeremiah 49:16

Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart, O dweller in clefts of the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 30:6

Thus said Jehovah: And -- fallen have supporters of Egypt, And come down hath the arrogance of her strength, From Migdol to Syene, by sword they fall in her, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Zephaniah 2:10

This is to them for their arrogancy, Because they have reproached, And they magnify themselves against the people of Jehovah of Hosts.

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