Jeremiah 48:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?”
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BSBPD
“How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“How do ye say, We <FI>are<Fi> mighty, And men of strength for battle?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Jeremiah 48:14 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
- Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
- 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 happen to all.
- 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.
- Isaiah 16:6We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
- Isaiah 36:4The 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?
- 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.
- 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 you down,” declares the LORD.
- 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.
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