Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Elam took up a quiver
with chariots and horsemen,
and Kir uncovered the shield.

New American Standard Bible

Elam took up the quiver
With the chariots, infantry and horsemen;
And Kir uncovered the shield.

King James Version

And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

International Standard Version

Elam takes up the quiver with chariots and cavalry, while Kir unsheathes the shield.

A Conservative Version

And Elam bore the quiver, with chariots of men [and] horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

American Standard Version

And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

Amplified


Elam took up the quiver
With the chariots, infantry and horsemen;
And Kir uncovered the shield.

Bible in Basic English

And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.

Darby Translation

Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield.

Julia Smith Translation

And Elam lifted up the quiver with the chariot of men, horsemen; and Kir made naked the shield.

King James 2000

And Elam bore the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Elam lifted up [the] quiver, with chariots [of] men [and] cavalry. And Kir uncovered [the] shield.

Modern King James verseion

And Persia carried the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Elam bare the quiver in a chariot of footmen and of horsemen, and the city of Kir showed the shield open.

NET Bible

The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield.

New Heart English Bible

Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, Elam, beareth the quiver, With trams of men, and horsemen, - And, Kir, hath uncovered the shield.

Webster

And Elam bore the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

World English Bible

Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men -- horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Elam
עולם עילםo 
`Eylam 
Usage: 28

נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

the quiver
אשׁפּה 
'ashpah 
Usage: 6

with chariots
רכב 
Rekeb 
Usage: 119

of men
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

and horsemen
פּרשׁ 
Parash 
Usage: 57

and Kir
קיר 
Qiyr 
Kir
Usage: 5

References

Context Readings

Oracle Against Jerusalem

5 For the Lord God of Hosts
had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion
in the Valley of Vision—
people shouting and crying to the mountains;
6 Elam took up a quiver
with chariots and horsemen,
and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Your best valleys were full of chariots,
and horsemen were positioned at the gates.


Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

So the king of Assyria listened to him and marched up to Damascus and captured it. He deported its people to Kir but put Rezin to death.

Isaiah 21:2

A troubling vision is declared to me:
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Amos 1:5

I will break down the gates of Damascus.
I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,
and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.
The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.
The Lord has spoken.

Amos 9:7

Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor,
and the Arameans from Kir?

Genesis 10:22

Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

Isaiah 15:1

An oracle against Moab:

Ar in Moab is devastated,
destroyed in a night.
Kir in Moab is devastated,
destroyed in a night.

Jeremiah 49:35-39

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

I am about to shatter Elam’s bow,
the source of their might.

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