Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

A sword against the liars; and they were foolish: a sword against her strong ones, and they were broken.

New American Standard Bible

“A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools!
A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered!

King James Version

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

Holman Bible

A sword is against the diviners,
and they will act foolishly.
A sword is against her heroic warriors,
and they will be terrified.

International Standard Version

A sword against the diviners. They'll be made fools. A sword against her warriors. They'll be shattered.

A Conservative Version

A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools. A sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

American Standard Version

A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

Amplified


“A sword against the oracle priests (the babbling liars), and they will become fools!
A sword against her mighty warriors, and they will be shattered and destroyed!

Bible in Basic English

A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.

Darby Translation

the sword is upon the liars, and they shall become fools; the sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed;

King James 2000

A sword is upon the diviners; and they shall become fools: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become foolish. A sword against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

Modern King James verseion

A sword is on the liars, and they shall become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be afraid.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The sword upon their soothsayers: as for those, they shall become fools. The sword upon their worthies: so that they shall stand in fear.

NET Bible

Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!

New Heart English Bible

A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

The Emphasized Bible

A sword, is against the praters, And they shall be shewn to be foolish, A sword, is against her heroes And they shall be dismayed:

Webster

A sword is upon the liars; and they shall be sottish: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

World English Bible

A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

Youngs Literal Translation

A sword is on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword is on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

is upon the liars
בּד 
Bad 
Usage: 5

יאל 
Ya'al 
Usage: 4

a sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

Verse Info

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Babylon

35 A sword upon the Chaldeans, says Jehovah, and to the inhabitants of Babel and to her chiefs, and to her wise. 36 A sword against the liars; and they were foolish: a sword against her strong ones, and they were broken. 37 A sword against his horses and against his chariots, and against all the mixture which is in her midst; and they were for women: a sword against her treasures, and they were plundered.



Cross References

Jeremiah 49:22

Behold, as the eagle he shall come up and fly and spread his wings over Bozrah, and the heart of the strong of Edom was in that day as the heart of a woman being distressed.

Isaiah 44:25

Bringing to naught the signs at vain boasters, and he will make those divining, foolish; turning back the wise backward, and he will frustrate their knowledge.

Nahum 3:13

Behold, thy people women in the midst of thee: the gates of thy land being opened were opened to thine enemies: a fire devoured thy bars.

2 Samuel 15:31

And it was announced to David, saying, Ahithophel among those conspiring with Absalom. And David will say, Now make foolish the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom will say, and every man of Israel, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is good above the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah commanded to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel so that Jehovah brought evil upon Absalom.

2 Chronicles 25:16

And it will be in his speaking to him, and he will say to him, Did they give thee for counselor to the king? Desist; for thyself, wherefore shall they strike thee? And the prophet will desist, and say, I knew that God counseled to destroy thee, for thou didst this, and thou heardest not to my counsel.

Isaiah 43:14

Thus said Jehovah redeeming you, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I sent to Babel, and brought down the bars all of them, and the Chaldees shouting in their ships.

Isaiah 47:10-15

And thou wilt trust in thy wickedness: thou saidst, None saw me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge it caused thee to turn away; and thou wilt say in thy heart, I, and none yet besides me.

Jeremiah 48:30

I knew, says Jehovah, his wrath; and not thus; his empty talks did not so.

Jeremiah 50:30

For this her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of her war shall be destroyed in that day, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 51:23

And I broke in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and I broke in pieces with thee the husbandman and his yoke; and I broke in pieces with thee the prefects and the rulers.

Jeremiah 51:30

The strong ones of Babel ceased to fight; they dwelt in fastnesses; their strength failed; they were for women: they burned her dwellings; her bars were broken.

Jeremiah 51:32

And the passages were taken, and they burnt the ropes in fire, and the men of war trembled.

Nahum 2:8

And Nineveh it is as a pool of water from the days, and they fleeing, stood: they stood, and none looking back.

Nahum 3:7

And it was all serving thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh was laid waste: who shall be moved for her? from whom shall I seek those consoling to thee?

Nahum 3:17-18

Thy devoted ones as the locust, and thy satraps as the locust of locusts encamping in the walls in a cold day; the sun arose and they fled away, and where his place he knew not

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

Whose arrival is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

1 Timothy 4:2

In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness;

1 Timothy 6:4

He has been proud, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, of which is envy, strife, slanders, evil conjectures,

Revelation 19:20

And the wild beast was seized, and with him the false prophet having done signs before him, with which he deceived them having received the stamp of the wild beast, and them worshipping his image. Living, were they two cast into the lake of fire burning with sulphur.

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowardly, and unbelieving, and to the abominable, and murderers, and to fornicators, and charmers, and to idolaters, and to all the lying, their part in the lake burning with fire and sulphur: which is the second death,

Revelation 22:15

And without, dogs, and charmers and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and every one loving and doing a lie.

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