Devine Scripture

Jeremiah 47:6

Jeremiah chapter 47 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

Context

v.5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

v.6This passage

v.7How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 21:30

    Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.

  • Isaiah 10:15

    Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.

  • Ezekiel 14:17

    Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

  • Jeremiah 4:21

    How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

  • Psalms 17:13

    Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

  • Isaiah 10:5

    Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!