Jeremiah 46:9
Come up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men come forth: the Ethiopians and the Libyans, who handle the shield; and the Lydians, who handle and bend the bow.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Charge, you horses! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the warriors march out—Cush and Put, wielding shields, and the Ludim, skilled in using the bow.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Go up,{H5927} ye horses;{H5483} and rage,{H1984} ye chariots;{H7393} and let the mighty men{H1368} go forth:{H3318} Cush{H3568} and Put,{H6316} that handle{H8610} the shield;{H4043} and the Ludim,{H3866} that handle{H8610} and bend{H1869} the bow.{H7198}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Come up{H5927}{(H8798)}, ye horses{H5483}; and rage{H1984}{(H8703)}, ye chariots{H7393}; and let the mighty men{H1368} come forth{H3318}{(H8799)}; the Ethiopians{H3568} and the Libyans{H6316}, that handle{H8610}{(H8802)} the shield{H4043}; and the Lydians{H3866}, that handle{H8610}{(H8802)} and bend{H1869}{(H8802)} the bow{H7198}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Get you to horse backe, roll forth ye Charettes, come forth ye worthies: ye Morians, ye Libeans with youre buclers, ye Lideans with youre bowes:
Geneva Bible (1560)
Come vp, ye horses, and rage ye charets, and let the valiant men come foorth, the blacke Mores, and the Lybians that beare the shield, and the Lydians that handle and bend the bowe.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Get you vp ye horses, roule foorth ye charets, come foorth worthyes, ye Ethiopians, ye Libyans with your bucklers, ye Lydians with your bowes.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Go up, ye horses; and boast yourselves, ye chariots, And go forth, ye mighty, Cush and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling -- treading the bow.
American Standard Version (1901)
Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
American Standard Version (1901)
Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Go up, you horses; go rushing on, you carriages of war; go out, you men of war: Cush and Put, gripping the body-cover, and the Ludim, with bent bows.
World English Bible (2000)
Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Go ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 66:19 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the distant isles, that have not heard my fame, nor seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
- Ezek 27:10 : 10 Those of Persia, Lud, and Phut were in your army, your men of war: they hung the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your beauty.
- Nah 3:9 : 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was boundless; Put and Lubim were your helpers.
- Acts 2:10 : 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
- 1 Cor 1:8 : 8 Who shall also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Nah 2:3-4 : 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightning.
- Jer 30:5 : 5 For thus says the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
- Jer 47:3 : 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
- Gen 10:6 : 6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan.
- Gen 10:13 : 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
- 1 Chr 1:11 : 11 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
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