KJV King James Version
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
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Isaiah 3:25
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
WEB World English Bible
Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
ASV American Standard Version
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 3
22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
24 And it shall come to pass, [that] instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; [and] burning instead of beauty.
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.
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Amos 9:10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.Jeremiah 21:9He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.Isaiah 1:20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].2 Chronicles 29:9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives [are] in captivity for this.Lamentations 2:21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, [and] not pitied.Jeremiah 11:22Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] widows; and let their men be put to death; [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle.Jeremiah 19:7And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.Jeremiah 14:18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
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