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Literal Standard Version
Jeremiah 46:3
"Set shield and buckler in array, || And draw near to battle.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Deploy small shields and large;approach for battle!
Deploy small shields and large;approach for battle!
Hebrew Names Version
Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
King James Version
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
English Standard Version
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
New American Standard Bible
"Set up the buckler and shield, And advance to the battle!
"Set up the buckler and shield, And advance to the battle!
New Century Version
"Prepare your shields, large and small, and march out for battle!
"Prepare your shields, large and small, and march out for battle!
Amplified Bible
"Line up the buckler (small shield) and [large] shield, And advance for battle!
"Line up the buckler (small shield) and [large] shield, And advance for battle!
World English Bible
Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Prepare you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Make readie buckler and shielde, and goe forth to battell.
Make readie buckler and shielde, and goe forth to battell.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Arrange the shield and large shield,And draw near for the battle!
"Arrange the shield and large shield,And draw near for the battle!
Berean Standard Bible
"Deploy your shields, small and large, and advance for battle!
"Deploy your shields, small and large, and advance for battle!
Contemporary English Version
It's time to go into battle! So grab your shields,
It's time to go into battle! So grab your shields,
Complete Jewish Bible
"Prepare breastplate and shield! Advance to battle!
"Prepare breastplate and shield! Advance to battle!
Darby Translation
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
Easy-to-Read Version
"Get your large and small shields ready. March out for battle.
"Get your large and small shields ready. March out for battle.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Take up the buckler and shield and draw near to battle.
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Take up the buckler and shield and draw near to battle.
Good News Translation
"The Egyptian officers shout, ‘Get your shields ready and march into battle!
"The Egyptian officers shout, ‘Get your shields ready and march into battle!
Lexham English Bible
"Prepare small shield and shield, and approach for the battle!
"Prepare small shield and shield, and approach for the battle!
Literal Translation
Set in order the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Set in order the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye make redy buckler and shylde, ye go forth to fight:
Ye make redy buckler and shylde, ye go forth to fight:
American Standard Version
Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Bible in Basic English
Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.
Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
King James Version (1611)
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw neere to battell.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw neere to battell.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Make redy buckler and shielde, and go foorth to fight.
Make redy buckler and shielde, and go foorth to fight.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all the leaders of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate, Marganasar, and Samagoth, and Nabusachar, and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the leaders of the king of Babylon,
And all the leaders of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate, Marganasar, and Samagoth, and Nabusachar, and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the leaders of the king of Babylon,
English Revised Version
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Make ye redi scheeld and targat, and go ye forth to batel.
Make ye redi scheeld and targat, and go ye forth to batel.
Update Bible Version
Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Webster's Bible Translation
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
New English Translation
"Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle!
"Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle!
New King James Version
"Order the buckler and shield, And draw near to battle!
"Order the buckler and shield, And draw near to battle!
New Living Translation
"Prepare your shields, and advance into battle!
"Prepare your shields, and advance into battle!
New Life Bible
"Get your coverings ready and go out to the battle!
"Get your coverings ready and go out to the battle!
New Revised Standard
Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Prepare ye buckler and shield, And draw near to battle:
Prepare ye buckler and shield, And draw near to battle:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.
Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.
Revised Standard Version
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
Young's Literal Translation
`Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.
`Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Line up the shield and buckler, And draw near for the battle!
"Line up the shield and buckler, And draw near for the battle!
Contextual Overview
1That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations, 2for Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that has been by the Euphrates River, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has struck, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: 3"Set shield and buckler in array, || And draw near to battle.4Gird the horses, and go up, you horsemen, || And station yourselves with helmets, || Polish the javelins, put on the coats of mail. 5Why have I seen them dismayed [and] turned backward? And their mighty ones are beaten down, || And they have fled [to] a refuge, || And did not turn their face, || Fear [is] all around—a declaration of YHWH. 6The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, || Northward, by the side of the Euphrates River, || They have stumbled and fallen. 7Who is this? He comes up as a flood, || His waters shake themselves as rivers! 8Egypt comes up as a flood, || And the waters shake themselves as rivers. And he says, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it. 9Go up, you horses; and boast yourselves, you chariots, || And go forth, you mighty, || Cush and Phut handling the shield, || And Lud handling—treading the bow. 10And that day [is] to Lord YHWH of Hosts || A day of vengeance, || To be avenged of His adversaries, || And the sword has devoured, and been satisfied, || And it has been watered from their blood, || For a sacrifice [is] to Lord YHWH of Hosts, || In the land of the north, by the Euphrates River.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
This is a poetical and ironical call to the Egyptians to muster their forces; and implies that all their courage and efforts would be vain. Jeremiah 51:11, Jeremiah 51:12, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 21:5, Joel 3:9, Nahum 2:1, Nahum 3:14
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 46:14 - Stand Ezekiel 38:7 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 12:2
And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.
And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.
Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great."
After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great."
Genesis 15:13
and He says to Abram, "knowing—know that your seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,
and He says to Abram, "knowing—know that your seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,
Genesis 18:18
and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?
and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?
Genesis 22:17
that blessing I bless you, and multiplying I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the seashore; and your Seed possesses the gate of His enemies;
that blessing I bless you, and multiplying I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the seashore; and your Seed possesses the gate of His enemies;
Genesis 35:11
And God says to him, "I [am] God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from you, and kings from your loins go out;
And God says to him, "I [am] God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from you, and kings from your loins go out;
Genesis 46:1
And Israel journeys, and all that he has, and comes to Beer-Sheba, and sacrifices sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;
And Israel journeys, and all that he has, and comes to Beer-Sheba, and sacrifices sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac;
Genesis 46:2
and God speaks to Israel in visions of the night and says, "Jacob, Jacob"; and he says, "Here I [am]."
and God speaks to Israel in visions of the night and says, "Jacob, Jacob"; and he says, "Here I [am]."
Genesis 46:3
And He says, "I [am] God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for a great nation;
And He says, "I [am] God, God of your father, do not be afraid of going down to Egypt, for I set you there for a great nation;
Genesis 46:7
his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, indeed, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.
his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, indeed, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Order ye the buckler and shield,.... Both signify one and the same sort of armour, only of a different form, the one being lesser and lighter than the other. Jarchi makes the difference to be, that the former was made of skin, the latter of wood; they were both used to defend the body in war. To order them is not only to prepare them, and get them ready; but to fit them to the body, and to put them on, that they might be in a readiness to engage in battle. The exhortation is made either to the Chaldean army, to prepare to fight against the Egyptians; or to the army of Pharaohnecho, to defend themselves against the king of Babylon, who was coming against them, as Kimchi and Abarbinel, who seem to be in doubt which it should be; but the latter is most probable: and it is either a direction of Pharaoh to his army, to be in readiness; or rather of God, speaking ironically to them, suggesting, that let them do what they would, and make ever such preparations for battle, all would come to nothing, victory would be on the other side;
and draw near to battle; engage the enemy briskly, and with the greatest courage, and use all your military skill; and, when ye have done, it will all be in vain.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Order ye ... - “i. e., prepare ye, make ready.” The buckler was a small round target carried by the lightly-armed troops: the shield belonged to the heavily-armed troops, and was large enough to protect the whole body.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 46:3. Order ye the buckler — This is the call to the general armament of the people against the Chaldeans.
