Parallel Verses

Webster

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

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 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:

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 upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall be sottish: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.



Cross References

Jeremiah 49:22

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

Isaiah 44:25

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Nahum 3:13

Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

2 Samuel 15:31

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into 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 the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Chronicles 25:16

And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Art thou made of the king's council? forbear? why shouldst thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

Isaiah 43:14

Thus saith the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

Isaiah 47:10-15

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and none else besides me.

Jeremiah 48:30

I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

Jeremiah 50:30

Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:23

I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

Jeremiah 51:30

The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwelling-places; her bars are broken.

Jeremiah 51:32

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

Nahum 2:8

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

Nahum 3:7

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her; whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Nahum 3:17-18

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which settle in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

1 Timothy 4:2

Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

1 Timothy 6:4

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and lewd men, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Revelation 22:15

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and lewd men, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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