Parallel Verses

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.

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;

Julia Smith Translation

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

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 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 is on the Chaldeans, says Jehovah, and on the people of Babylon, and on her rulers, and on her wise men. 36 A sword is on the liars, and they shall become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be afraid. 37 A sword is on their horses and their chariots, and on all the mixed people in her midst; and they shall become as women. A sword is to her treasuries, and they shall be robbed.

Cross References

Jeremiah 49:22

Behold, he shall come up and fly like the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah. And at that day the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be like the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Isaiah 44:25

who brings to nothing the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns the wise backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

Nahum 3:13

Behold, your people in your midst are women. The gates of your land shall surely be opened to your enemies; the fire shall devour your bars.

2 Samuel 15:31

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray You, turn the advice of Ahithophel to foolishness.

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil on Absalom.

2 Chronicles 25:16

And it happened as he talked with him, the king said to him, Have we made you of the king's counsel? Stop! Why should you be stricken? And the prophet stopped. And he said, I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.

Isaiah 43:14

So says Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all of them as fugitives, and the Chaldeans, whose shout is in the ships.

Isaiah 47:10-15

For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no one else.

Jeremiah 48:30

I know his wrath, says Jehovah, it is not so; his boast, but they have not done so.

Jeremiah 50:30

So her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be silenced in that day, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 51:23

I will also shatter the shepherd and his flock with you. And with you I will shatter the farmer and his team; and with you I will shatter heads and rulers.

Jeremiah 51:30

The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting; they have remained in strongholds; their might has failed. They became like women; they have burned her houses; her bars are broken.

Jeremiah 51:32

and that the fords are stopped. And they have burned the reeds with fire, and the men of war are frightened.

Nahum 2:8

But Nineveh is like a pool of water from her days; yet they are fleeing. Halt! Halt! they cry, but none looks back.

Nahum 3:7

And it shall be that all those who look upon you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste; who will weep for her? From where shall I seek comforters for you?

Nahum 3:17-18

Your rulers are like the locusts, and your officials are a swarm of locusts that camp in the hedges in the cold day; the sun rises, and they flee, and the place where they are is not known.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

1 Timothy 4:2

speaking lies in hypocrisy, being seared in their own conscience,

1 Timothy 6:4

he is proud, knowing nothing. He is sick concerning doubts and arguments, from which comes envy, strife, evil speakings, evil suspicions,

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet doing signs before it, (by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast), and those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will have their part in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

Revelation 22:15

But outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and makes a lie.

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