KJV King 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.
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Jeremiah 51:3
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!
WEB World English Bible
Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail: and don’t spare her young men; utterly destroy all her army.
ASV American Standard Version
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Let not the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have ye pity on her young men, Devote ye to destruction all her host.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 51
1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
3 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.
4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and [they that are] thrust through in her streets.
5 For Israel [hath] not [been] forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this [is] the time of the LORD’S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
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אֶֽל־H408 · alnotיִדְרֹ֤ךְH1869 · da.rakhto treadהַדֹּרֵךְ֙H1869 · da.rakhto treadקַשְׁתּ֔וֹH7198 · qe.shetbowוְאֶל־H408 · alnotיִתְעַ֖לH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseבְּסִרְיֹנ֑וֹH5630 · sir.yonarmorוְאַֽל־H408 · alnotתַּחְמְלוּ֙H2550 · cha.malto spareאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בַּ֣חֻרֶ֔יהָH970 · ba.churyouthהַחֲרִ֖ימוּH2763 · cha.ramto devote/destroyכָּל־H3605 · kolallצְבָאָֽהּ׃H6635 · tsa.vaarmy
Cross-references
Jeremiah 50:14Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.Jeremiah 46:4Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with [your] helmets; furbish the spears, [and] put on the brigandines.Jeremiah 50:21Go up against the land of Merathaim, [even] against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.Jeremiah 50:41-42Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.Jeremiah 50:29-30Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.Jeremiah 50:27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.Jeremiah 9:21For death is come up into our windows, [and] is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.Deuteronomy 32:25The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling [also] with the man of gray hairs.Isaiah 13:10-18For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.James 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.Psalm 137:9Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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