Jeremiah 48:14

THE MESSAGE

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?

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

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

¹⁸"Come down from your high horse, pampered beauty of Dibon. Sit in dog dung. The destroyer of Moab will come against you. He'll wreck your safe, secure houses. Stand on the roadside, pampered women of Aroer. Interview the refugees who are running away. Ask them, ‘What's happened? And why?' Moab will be an embarrassing memory, nothing left of the place. Wail and weep your eyes out! Tell the bad news along the Arnon river. Tell the world that Moab is no more. ²¹"My judgment will come to the plateau cities: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath; on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim; on Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon; on Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the cities of Moab, far and near. ²⁵ "Moab's link to power is severed. Moab's arm is broken." God 's Decree. ²⁶"Turn Moab into a drunken sot, drunk on the wine of my wrath, a dung-faced drunk, filling the country with vomit—Moab a falling-down drunk, a joke in bad taste. Wasn't it you, Moab, who made crude jokes over Israel? And when they were caught in bad company, didn't you cluck and gossip and snicker? ²⁸ "Leave town! Leave! Look for a home in the cliffs, you who grew up in Moab. Try living like a dove who nests high in the river gorge. ²⁹"We've all heard of Moab's pride, that legendary pride, The strutting, bullying, puffed-up pride, the insufferable arrogance. I know"— God 's Decree—"his rooster-crowing pride, the inflated claims, the sheer nothingness of Moab. But I will weep for Moab, yes, I will mourn for the people of Moab. I will even mourn for the people of Kir-heres. I'll weep for the grapevines of Sibmah and join Jazer in her weeping— Grapevines that once reached the Dead Sea with tendrils as far as Jazer. Your summer fruit and your bursting grapes will be looted by brutal plunderers, Lush Moab stripped of song and laughter. And yes, I'll shut down the winepresses, stop all the shouts and hurrahs of harvest. ³⁴ "Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, and the people in Jahaz will hear the cries. They will hear them all the way from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up. ³⁵ "I will put a stop in Moab"— God 's Decree—"to all hiking to the high places to offer burnt sacrifices to the gods. ³⁶ "My heart moans for Moab, for the men of Kir-heres, like soft flute sounds carried by the wind. They've lost it all. They've got nothing. ³⁷ "Everywhere you look are signs of mourning: heads shaved, beards cut, Hands scratched and bleeding, clothes ripped and torn.

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 48:17
When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim's head, he thought he had made a mistake, so he took hold of his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's, saying, "That's the wrong head, Father; the other one is the firstborn; place your right hand on his head."

Genesis 48:19
But his father wouldn't do it. He said, "I know, my son; but I know what I'm doing. He also will develop into a people, and he also will be great. But his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will enrich nations." Then he blessed them both: Israel will use your names to give blessings: May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh. In that he made it explicit: he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

Deuteronomy 34:9
Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. The People of Israel listened obediently to him and did the same as when God had commanded Moses.

Psalms 110:1
A David Prayer The word of God to my Lord: "Sit alongside me here on my throne until I make your enemies a stool for your feet." You were forged a strong scepter by God of Zion; now rule, though surrounded by enemies! Your people will freely join you, resplendent in holy armor on the great day of your conquest, Join you at the fresh break of day, join you with all the vigor of youth.

Matthew 6:5
"And when you come before God, don't turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for stardom! Do you think God sits in a box seat?

Matthew 19:13
One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: "Let the children alone, don't prevent them from coming to me. God's kingdom is made up of people like these." After laying hands on them, he left.

Luke 4:40
When the sun went down, everyone who had anyone sick with some ailment or other brought them to him. One by one he placed his hands on them and healed them. Demons left in droves, screaming, "Son of God! You're the Son of God!" But he shut them up, refusing to let them speak because they knew too much, knew him to be the Messiah.

Acts 13:3
So they commissioned them. In that circle of intensity and obedience, of fasting and praying, they laid hands on their heads and sent them off.

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.