Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their arrows are sudden death; yea, they themselves be very giants.
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].
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.
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 people upon you from far, O house of Israel, sayeth the LORD; a mighty people, an old people, a people whose speech thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. 16 Their arrows are sudden death; yea, they themselves be very giants. 17 This people shall eat up thy fruit and thy meat; yea, they shall devour thy sons and thy daughters, thy sheep and thy bullocks. They shall eat up thy grapes and figs. As for thy strong and well-fenced cities, wherein thou didst trust, they shall destroy them with the sword.
Cross References
Psalm 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouths; they dissemble in their hearts. Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Isaiah 5:28
Their arrows are sharp, and their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs are like flint, and their cart wheels like a stormy wind.
Romans 3:13
"Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have deceived." "The poison of Asps is under their lips."