Parallel Verses

Amplified


Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, “I am strong!”

New American Standard Bible

Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”

King James Version

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Holman Bible

Beat your plows into swords
and your pruning knives into spears.
Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”

International Standard Version

Beat your plow blades into swords, and your pruning knives into spears! Let the frail say, "I am strong!"

A Conservative Version

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong.

American Standard Version

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Bible in Basic English

Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong.

Darby Translation

Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

Julia Smith Translation

Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears: the weak shall say, I am strong.

King James 2000

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Beat your cutting tools of iron into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, 'I am a mighty warrior!'

Modern King James verseion

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Make you swords of your plowshares, and spears of your sickles and scythes. Let the weak man say, "I am strong."

NET Bible

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, 'I too am a warrior!'

New Heart English Bible

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'

The Emphasized Bible

Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears, - as for the weak, let him say, mighty, I am.

Webster

Beat your plow-shares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

World English Bible

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'

Youngs Literal Translation

Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, 'I am mighty.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּתת 
Kathath 
Usage: 17

את 
'eth 
Usage: 5

חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

מזמרה 
Mazmerah 
Usage: 4

רמח 
Romach 
Usage: 15

let the weak
חלּשׁ 
Challash 
Usage: 1

References

American

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Yahweh's Judgment In The Valley Of Jehoshaphat

9
Proclaim this among the [pagan] nations:
Prepare a war! Stir up the mighty men!
Let all the men of war come near, let them come up!
10 
Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, “I am strong!”
11
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there;
Bring down, O Lord, Your mighty ones (Your warriors).


Cross References

Isaiah 2:4


And He will judge between the nations,
And will mediate [disputes] for many peoples;
And they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up the sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.

Micah 4:3


And He will judge between many peoples
And render decisions for strong and distant nations.
Then they shall hammer their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks [so that the implements of war may become the tools of agriculture];
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Nor shall they ever again train for war.

Zechariah 12:8

In that day the Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem, and the one who is impaired among them in that day [of persecution] will become [strong and noble] like David; and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the Lord [who is] before them.

2 Chronicles 25:8

But if you do go [in spite of this warning], be strong and courageous for battle; yet God will cause you to stumble and fall before the enemy, for God has power to help and to cause people to stumble.”

Luke 22:36

Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money belt is to take it along, and also his [provision] bag, and he who has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.

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