Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Their quiver is an open tomb, 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.
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.
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.
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 Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel," says the LORD. "It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, neither understand what they say. 16 Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men. 17 They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
Cross References
Psalm 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongue they are deceitful.
Isaiah 5:28
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
Romans 3:13
"Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"