Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Their quiver is an open sepulcher. They are all mighty men.
New American Standard Bible
All of them are mighty men.
King James Version
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Holman Bible
they are all mighty warriors.
International Standard Version
Their quiver is like an open grave, and all of them are powerful warriors.
American Standard Version
Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Amplified
“Their quiver is [filled with the dead] like an open grave;
They are all mighty men [heroes of their nation].
Bible in Basic English
Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.
Darby Translation
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre; they are all mighty men.
Julia Smith Translation
Its quiver as a grave being opened, all they are strong.
King James 2000
Their quiver is as an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Their quiver [is] like an open tomb, all of them [are] warriors.
Modern King James verseion
Their quiver is as an open grave; they are all mighty men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their arrows are sudden death; yea, they themselves be very giants.
NET Bible
All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.
New Heart English Bible
Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
The Emphasized Bible
Its quiver, is like an open sepulchre, - They all, are heroes:
Webster
Their quiver is as an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men.
World English Bible
Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
Youngs Literal Translation
Its quiver is as an open sepulchre, All of them -- mighty ones.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 5:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, says LORD. It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou know not, nor understand what they say. 16 Their quiver is an open sepulcher. They are all mighty men. 17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat. They shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds. They shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees. They shall beat down thy fortified cities,
Cross References
Psalm 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they {deceive (LXX/NT)}.
Isaiah 5:28
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.
Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips,