Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.
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.
A Conservative Version
Their quiver is an open sepulcher. They are all mighty men.
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].
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 See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words. 16 Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war. 17 They will take all the produce of your fields, which would have been food for your sons and your daughters: they will take your flocks and your herds: they will take all your vines and your fig-trees: and with the sword they will make waste your walled towns in which you put your faith.
Cross References
Psalm 5:9
For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
Isaiah 5:28
Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.
Romans 3:13
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips: