Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

Amplified


Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak 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 Give this out among the nations; make ready for war: get the strong men awake; let all the men of war come near, let them come up. 10 Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong. 11 Come quickly, all you nations round about, and get yourselves together there: make your strong ones come down, O Lord.


Cross References

Isaiah 2:4

And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.

Micah 4:3

And he will be judge between great peoples, and strong nations far away will be ruled by his decisions; their swords will be hammered into plough-blades and their spears into vine-knives: nations will no longer be lifting up their swords against one another, and knowledge of war will have gone for ever.

Zechariah 12:8

In that day the Lord will be a cover over the people of Jerusalem; and he who is feeble among them in that day will be as strong as David, and the family of David will be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

2 Chronicles 25:8

But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.

Luke 22:36

And he said to them, But now, he who has a money-bag, or a bag for food, let him take it: and he who has not, let him give his coat for money and get a sword.

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