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Jeremiah 51:3

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3“1Let not 2him who 3abends his bow 4bend it,

5Nor let him rise up in his bscale-armor;

So do not spare her young men;

Devote all her army to destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. 1M.T. Against him who
  2. 2The Chaldean defender
  3. 3Lit tread(s) (in order to string)
  4. 4Lit tread(s) (in order to string)
  5. 5M.T. Against him who

Cross references

  1. aJer 50:14, 29
  2. bJer 46:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let not the archer bend his bow,

and let him not stand up in his armor.

Spare not her young men;

devote to destruction all her army.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Let not the archer string his bow,

nor let him put on his armor.

Do not spare her young men;

completely destroy her army.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t let the archer string his bow;

don’t let him put on his armor.

Don’t spare her young men;

completely destroy her entire army!

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t let the archers put on their armor

or draw their bows.

Don’t spare even her best soldiers!

Let her army be completely destroyed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let not him who bends the bow shoot his bow,

and let him not rise high in his body armor.

And you must not spare her young men;

destroy her whole army.

KJV 1900King James Version

Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow,

And against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine:

And spare ye not her young men;

Destroy ye utterly all her host.