Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.

New American Standard Bible

“They will be as mighty men,
Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;
And they will fight, for the Lord will be with them;
And the riders on horses will be put to shame.

King James Version

And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

Holman Bible

they will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.

International Standard Version

They will be like mighty soldiers who trample mud in the streets during battle. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and the opposing horsemen will be confused.

A Conservative Version

And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle. And they shall fight, because LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

American Standard Version

And they shall be as mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

Amplified


“They will be like mighty men
Trampling down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle;
And they will fight because the Lord is with them,
And the [enemies’] riders on horses will be shamed.

Bible in Basic English

Together they will be like men of war, crushing down their haters into the earth of the streets in the fight; they will make war because the Lord is with them: and the horsemen will be shamed.

Darby Translation

And they shall be as mighty men, treading down the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, for Jehovah is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.

Julia Smith Translation

And they were as the strong treading down in the mud of the streets in the battle: and they waged war, for Jehovah was with them, and they riding horses were ashamed.

King James 2000

And they shall be as mighty men, who tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they will be like warriors, trampling in the mud of [the] streets in the battle. They will fight, because Yahweh [is] with them, and they will put to shame [the] riders on horses.

Modern King James verseion

And they shall be like mighty ones who trample the mud of the streets in the battle. And they shall fight because Jehovah is with them, and they shall make the riders on horses ashamed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They shall be as the giants, which in the battle tread down the mire upon the streets. They shall fight, for the LORD shall be with them, so that the horsemen shall be confounded.

NET Bible

And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the Lord will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry.

The Emphasized Bible

So shall they become like mighty ones, trampling on the mire of lanes, in battle, and they will fight because, Yahweh, is with them, - and will abash the riders of horses.

Webster

And they shall be as mighty men, who tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

World English Bible

They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.

Youngs Literal Translation

And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah is with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And they shall be as mighty
גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

בּוּס 
Buwc 
Usage: 12

their enemies in the mire
טיט 
Tiyt 
Usage: 13

of the streets
חץ חוּץ 
Chuwts 
Usage: 164

in the battle
מלחמה 
Milchamah 
Usage: 319

לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

is with them, and the riders
רכב 
Rakab 
Usage: 78

on horses
סס סוּס 
Cuwc 
Usage: 140

Context Readings

Yahweh Gives Rain

4 From him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together. 5 They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded. 6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and I will hear them.


Cross References

Haggai 2:22

I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.

Psalm 20:7

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of the LORD our God.

Deuteronomy 20:1

When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

Joshua 10:14

There was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD listened to the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.

Joshua 10:42

Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time, because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

1 Samuel 16:18

Then one of the young men answered, and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a comely person; and the LORD is with him."

2 Samuel 22:8

Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

2 Samuel 22:43

Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

Psalm 18:42

Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

Psalm 33:16

There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

Psalm 45:3

Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

Isaiah 8:9

Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces. Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered. Dress for battle, and be shattered.

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 25:10

For in this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest. Moab will be trodden down in his place, even like straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.

Isaiah 41:12

You will seek them, and won't find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.

Ezekiel 38:15

You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army;

Joel 3:12-17

"Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

Amos 2:15

neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

Micah 7:10

Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is the LORD your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.

Zechariah 9:13

For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

Zechariah 12:4

In that day," says the LORD, "I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.

Zechariah 12:8

In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD before them.

Zechariah 14:3

Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Zechariah 14:13

It will happen in that day, that a great panic from the LORD will be among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor.

Matthew 4:3

And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. And look, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

Luke 24:19

He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

Acts 7:22

Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.

Acts 18:24

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

Romans 8:31-37

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

2 Corinthians 10:4

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty in God for the tearing down of strongholds,

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Revelation 19:13-15

He is clothed in a garment dipped in blood. His name is called "The Word of God."

Revelation 19:17

I saw an angel standing in the sun. He shouted with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come. Be gathered together to the great supper of God,

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