Jeremiah 48:14

In 11 translations

BSB

How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?

KJV

¶ How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

WEB

“How do you say, ‘We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war’?

ASV

How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

LSV

How do you say, We [are] mighty, || And men of strength for battle?

YLT

How do ye say, We [are] mighty, And men of strength for battle?

DBY

How do ye say, We are mighty, and men of valour for the war?

DRC

How do you say: We are valiant, and stout men in battle?

GNV

Howe thinke you thus, We are mightie and strong men of warre?

JPS

How say ye: 'We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war'?

LXXE31:14

How will ye say, We are strong, and men strong for war?

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WLC

אֵ֚יךְ תֹּֽאמְר֔וּ גִּבּוֹרִ֖ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ וְאַנְשֵׁי־חַ֖יִל לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

LXX-Br31:14

Πῶς ἐρεῖτε, ἰσχυροί ἐσμεν, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἰσχύων εἰς τὰ πολεμικά;

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• Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
• Isaiah 10:13For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
• Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance…
• Ezekiel 30:6For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.
• Zephaniah 2:10This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
• Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
• Isaiah 16:6We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
• Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
• Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
• Isaiah 36:4–5The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours? You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are…
• Jeremiah 49:16The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring…

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