KJV King James Version
Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.
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Jeremiah 5:16
Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
WEB World English Bible
Their quiver is an open tomb, 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.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 5
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word [is] not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
16 Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.
17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these [things] unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land [that is] not yours.
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Isaiah 5:28Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:Psalm 5:9For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.Romans 3:13Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:
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