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New King James Version

Jeremiah 5:16

Their quiver is like an open tomb; They are all mighty men.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Idolatry;   War;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Arrows;   Babylon;   Judgments;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Quiver;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their quiver is like an open grave;they are all warriors.
Hebrew Names Version
Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
King James Version
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
English Standard Version
Their quiver is like an open tomb; they are all mighty warriors.
New American Standard Bible
"Their quiver is like an open grave, All of them are warriors.
New Century Version
Their arrows bring death. All their people are strong warriors.
Amplified Bible
"Their quiver is [filled with the dead] like an open grave; They are all mighty men [heroes of their nation].
World English Bible
Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whose quiuer is as an open sepulchre: they are all very strong.
Legacy Standard Bible
Their quiver is like an open grave;All of them are mighty men.
Berean Standard Bible
Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty warriors.
Contemporary English Version
All of them are warriors, and their arrows bring death.
Complete Jewish Bible
Their quiver is like an open grave, they are all mighty warriors.
Darby Translation
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre; they are all mighty men.
Easy-to-Read Version
Their arrow bags are like open graves. All their men are strong soldiers.
George Lamsa Translation
Their quiver is like an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Good News Translation
Their archers are mighty soldiers who kill without mercy.
Lexham English Bible
Their quiver is like an open tomb, all of them are warriors.
Literal Translation
Their quiver is as an open grave; they are all mighty men.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their arowes are sodane death, yee they them selues be very giauntes.
American Standard Version
Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Bible in Basic English
Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
King James Version (1611)
Their quiuer is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their arrowes are sodayne death, yea they them selues be very giauntes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They are all mighty men:
English Revised Version
Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The arowe caas therof is as an opyn sepulcre; alle ben stronge men.
Update Bible Version
Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
Webster's Bible Translation
Their quiver [is] as an open sepulcher, they [are] all mighty men.
New English Translation
All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.
New Living Translation
Their weapons are deadly; their warriors are mighty.
New Life Bible
Their arrow-holder is like an open grave. All of them are powerful men.
New Revised Standard
Their quiver is like an open tomb; all of them are mighty warriors.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Its quiver, is like an open sepulchre, - They all, are heroes:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all valiant.
Revised Standard Version
Their quiver is like an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
Young's Literal Translation
Its quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, All of them -- mighty ones.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Their quiver is like an open grave, All of them are mighty men.

Contextual Overview

10 "Go up on her walls and destroy, But do not make a complete end. Take away her branches, For they are not the LORD's. 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah Have dealt very treacherously with Me," says the LORD. 12 They have lied about the LORD, And said, "It is not He. Neither will evil come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine. 13 And the prophets become wind, For the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them." 14 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: "Because you speak this word, Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them. 15 Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel," says the LORD. "It is a mighty nation, It is an ancient nation, A nation whose language you do not know, Nor can you understand what they say. 16 Their quiver is like an open tomb; They are all mighty men. 17 And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread, Which your sons and daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds; They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; They shall destroy your fortified cities, In which you trust, with the sword. 18 "Nevertheless in those days," says the LORD, "I will not make a complete end of you. 19 And it will be when you say, "Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us?' then you shall answer them, "Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 5:9, Isaiah 5:28, Romans 3:13

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:21 - Separate Jeremiah 6:23 - They shall Jeremiah 25:9 - I Micah 7:2 - they all

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Their quiver is an open sepulchre,.... The Chaldeans used bows and arrows in fighting; and the quiver is a case for arrows; and the phrase denotes, that their arrows would do great execution, and be very mortal; so that a quiver of them would be as devouring as an open grave, into which many dead are cast. The Septuagint and Arabic versions have not this clause; and the Syriac version renders it, "whose throats are as open sepulchres"; see Romans 3:13:

they are all mighty men; strong in body, of bold and courageous spirits, expert in war, and ever victorious; so that there was no hope of being delivered out of their hands.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their quiver - See Jeremiah 4:29, note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 5:16. Their quiver is an open sepulchre — They are such exact archers as never to miss their mark; every arrow is sure to slay one man.


 
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