Jeremiah 5:16
World English Bible (WEB)
Their quiver is an open tomb. They are all mighty men.
In context
14 Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies says, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it will devour them.
15 Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far away, house of Israel,” says the LORD. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know and don’t understand what they say.
16 Their quiver is an open tomb. They are all mighty men.
17 They will eat up your harvest and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They will eat up your flocks and your herds. They will eat up your vines and your fig trees. They will beat down your fortified cities in which you trust with the sword.
18 “But even in those days,” says the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
Jeremiah 5:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Their quiver is an open tomb. They are all mighty men.
- KJV King James Version
- Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Its quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, All of them — mighty ones.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Their quiver is as an open sepulchre; they are all mighty men.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Their quiver is as an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men.