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Legacy Standard Bible

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say, ‘We are mighty warriors,And men valiant for battle'?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Pride;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Moabites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Moabites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chemosh;   Heshbon;   Kiriathaim;   Pisgah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Madmen;   Moab, Moabites;   Obadiah, Book of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nebo;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon ammonites children of ammon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Valiant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
How can you say, “We are warriors—valiant men for battle”?
Hebrew Names Version
How say you, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
King James Version
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
English Standard Version
"How do you say, ‘We are heroes and mighty men of war'?
New American Standard Bible
"How can you say, 'We are warriors, And men competent for battle'?
New Century Version
"You cannot say, ‘We are warriors! We are brave men in battle!'
Amplified Bible
"How can you say, 'We are great warriors And valiant men in war?'
World English Bible
How say you, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howe thinke you thus, We are mightie and strong men of warre?
Berean Standard Bible
How can you say, 'We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle'?
Contemporary English Version
You claim that your soldiers are strong and brave.
Complete Jewish Bible
"How can you say, ‘We are heroes, warriors valiant in battle'?
Darby Translation
How do ye say, We are mighty, and men of valour for the war?
Easy-to-Read Version
"You cannot say, ‘We are good soldiers. We are brave men in battle.'
George Lamsa Translation
How can you say, We are mighty and valiant men of war?
Good News Translation
"Men of Moab, why do you claim to be heroes, brave soldiers tested in war?
Lexham English Bible
How can you say, ‘we are warriors, and men of might for the battle.'
Literal Translation
How do you say, We are mighty and strong men for war?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore do ye thinke thus: we are mightie, and stronge men off warre?
American Standard Version
How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
Bible in Basic English
How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
How say ye: 'We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war'?
King James Version (1611)
How say yee, We are mightie and strong men for the warre?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherefore do ye thinke thus: we are mightie and strong men of warre?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that they returned to Joanan.
English Revised Version
How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Hou seien ye, We ben stronge, and stalworthe men to fiyte?
Update Bible Version
How do you say, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
Webster's Bible Translation
How say ye, We [are] mighty and strong men for the war?
New English Translation
How can you men of Moab say, ‘We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?'
New King James Version
"How can you say, "We are mighty And strong men for the war'?
New Living Translation
"You used to boast, ‘We are heroes, mighty men of war.'
New Life Bible
How can you say, ‘We are strong soldiers and powerful men of war'?
New Revised Standard
How can you say, "We are heroes and mighty warriors"?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
How can ye say, Heroes, are we? and Men of might for the war?
Douay-Rheims Bible
How do you say: We are valiant and stout men in battle?
Revised Standard Version
"How do you say, 'We are heroes and mighty men of war'?
Young's Literal Translation
How do ye say, We [are] mighty, And men of strength for battle?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"How can you say, 'We are mighty warriors, And men valiant for battle'?

Contextual Overview

14How can you say, ‘We are mighty warriors,And men valiant for battle'? 15Moab has been destroyed, and men have gone up to his cities;His choicest young men have also gone down to the slaughter,"Declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts. 16"The disaster of Moab will soon come,And his calamity has quickly hastened. 17Mourn for him, all you who live around him,Even all of you who know his name;Say, ‘How has the strong scepter been broken,A staff of beauty!' 18Come down from your gloryAnd inhabit the parched ground,O inhabitant of the daughter of Dibon;For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you,He has ruined your strongholds. 19Stand by the road and keep watch,O inhabitant of Aroer;Ask him who flees and her who escapesAnd say, ‘What has happened?' 20Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered.Wail and cry out;Declare by the ArnonThat Moab has been destroyed. 21"Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, upon Jahzah, and against Mephaath, 22and against Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 23and against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

How: Jeremiah 8:8, Psalms 11:1, Isaiah 36:4, Isaiah 36:5

We: Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 49:16, Psalms 33:16, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 16:6, Ezekiel 30:6, Zephaniah 2:10

Cross-References

Genesis 41:51
And Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."
Genesis 46:20
Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
Genesis 48:17
But Joseph saw that his father set his right hand on Ephraim's head, and it was displeasing in his sight; so he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
Genesis 48:18
And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head."
Genesis 48:19
But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become the fullness of nations."
Exodus 15:6
Your right hand, O Yahweh, is majestic in power,Your right hand, O Yahweh, shatters the enemy.
Numbers 8:10
and bring the Levites near before Yahweh; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.
Numbers 8:18
But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34:9
Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Psalms 110:1
Yahweh says to my Lord:"Sit at My right handUntil I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

How say ye, we [are] mighty and strong men for the war?] The Moabites were proud, haughty, and arrogant; boasted much of their strength and valour; of the strength of their bodies, and fitness for war, and skill in it; and of the strength of their fortified cities; and thought themselves a match for the enemy, and secure from all danger: for this their pride, vanity, and self-confidence, they are here reproved, since their destruction was at hand.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mighty - Heroes, veteran warriors.


 
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