Jeremiah 48:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ How can you say, “We are heroes and mighty warriors”?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ How can you say, We are heroes and mighty men in the war?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

Common English Bible

¹⁴ How can you claim, “We’re soldiers; we’re war heroes”?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ How can you say: 'We are strong and robust men of battle?'

Jeremiah 48:14 Cross References

Psalm 33:16

A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.

Isaiah 10:13

For he says: “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I have removed the boundaries of peoples and have plundered their treasures; like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.

Zephaniah 2:10

This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they scoffed and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.

Ezekiel 30:6

Thus says the Lord: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and its proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within it by the sword, says the Lord God.

Jeremiah 49:16

The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Although you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, from there I will bring you down, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom; do not let the mighty boast in their might; do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth;

Jeremiah 8:8

How can you say, “We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us,” when, in fact, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie?

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab —how proud he is!— of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence; his boasts are false.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.

Psalm 11:1

In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains,