Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Ah, sword of the LORD, how long before you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, be at rest, be silent!
New American Standard Bible
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Be at rest and stay still.
King James Version
O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Holman Bible
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
A Conservative Version
O thou sword of LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard. Rest, and be still.
American Standard Version
O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.
Amplified
“O you sword of the Lord,
How long will it be before you are quiet?
Put yourself into your sheath;
Rest and be still.
Bible in Basic English
O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.
Darby Translation
Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Julia Smith Translation
Alas, thou sword of Jehovah, till when wilt thou rest? be gathered to thy sheath; be quiet and be still.
King James 2000
O you sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you are quiet? put yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ah, sword of Yahweh, {how long} will you not be quiet? Gather to your sheath, keep quiet and stand still.
Modern King James verseion
O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; rest and be still.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O thou sword of the LORD? Turn again unto thy sheath; rest, and leave off.
NET Bible
How long will you cry out, 'Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!'
New Heart English Bible
You sword of the LORD, "how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still."
The Emphasized Bible
Ah! thou sword of Yahweh, How long, wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, Rest thyself and be still.
Webster
O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
World English Bible
You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ho, sword of Jehovah, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath, rest and cease.
Themes
Swords » Carried in a sheath or scabbard
Swords » Illustrative » (putting, into its sheath,) of peace and friendship
References
Easton
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 47:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning The Philistines
5 Baldness is coming to Gaza. Ashkelon is silenced. Remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself? 6 Ah, sword of the LORD, how long before you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, be at rest, be silent! 7 How can it be quiet, when the LORD has ordered disaster to come to Ashkelon and the seashore? That's where he has assigned it."
Cross References
Jeremiah 12:12
On all the barren heights in the desert destroyers will come. Indeed, a sword of the LORD will devour from one end of the land to the other. There will be no peace for any person.
Ezekiel 21:3-5
Declare to Israel, "This is what the LORD says: "Watch out! I'm against you! I'm going to unsheathe my sword to kill both the righteous and the wicked among you.
Deuteronomy 32:41-42
I'll whet my shining sword, with my hands in firm grasp of judgment. I'll show vengeance on my adversary and repay those who keep on hating me.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the battle sword keep on devouring forever? Don't you realize that the end result is bitterness? How long will it take for you to order your army to stop pursuing their own relatives?"
1 Chronicles 21:27
After this, the LORD spoke to the angel, who then sheathed his sword.
Psalm 17:13
Arise, LORD, confront them, bring them to their knees! Deliver me from the wicked by your sword
Isaiah 10:5
"How terrible it will be for Assyria, the rod of my anger! The club is in their hands!
Isaiah 10:15
"Does the ax exalt itself over the one who swings it? Or does the saw magnify itself in opposition to the one who wields it? As if a rod were to wield those who lift it, or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!
Jeremiah 4:21
How long will I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah 12:4
How long will the land mourn and the vegetation of every field dry up? Because of the wickedness of those who live in it, animals and birds are swept away. For they say, "He does not see our future."
Jeremiah 15:3
"I'll appoint four kinds of judgment for them," declares the LORD: "the sword to kill, the dogs to drag off, the birds of the sky to devour, and the animals of the land to destroy.
Jeremiah 25:27
"You are to say to them, "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Drink, get drunk, and vomit! Fall down and don't get up because of the sword I'm sending among you."'
Jeremiah 51:20-23
"You are my war-club and weapons of war. I'll smash nations with you and destroy kingdoms with you.
Ezekiel 14:17
"Or if I were to bring war to that land and say, "Hey, sword! Pass throughout the land so I can destroy both man and beasts in it,'
Ezekiel 21:30
Return it to its scabbard. "At the place where you were formed, in the land of your origin, there is where I'll judge you.
John 18:11
Jesus told Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath. Shouldn't I drink the cup that the Father has given me?"