Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Harness the horses;
mount the steeds;
take your positions with helmets on!
Polish the lances;
put on armor!

New American Standard Bible

“Harness the horses,
And mount the steeds,
And take your stand with helmets on!
Polish the spears,
Put on the scale-armor!

King James Version

Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

International Standard Version

Harness the horses! Riders, mount up! Take your positions with your helmets! Polish lances, and put on armor!

A Conservative Version

Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets. Furbish the spears. Put on the coats of mail.

American Standard Version

Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

Amplified


“Harness the horses,
And mount, you riders!
Take your stand with your helmets!
Polish the spears,
Put on the coats of mail!

Bible in Basic English

Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make the spears sharp and put on the breastplates.

Darby Translation

Harness the horses, and mount ye horsemen, and stand forth with helmets; polish the spears, put on the coats of mail!

Julia Smith Translation

Harness the horses, and come up, ye horsemen, and stand in the helmets; polish the spears, and put on the coats of mail.

King James 2000

Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the armor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Harness the horses and mount the steeds! And take your stand with helmets! Polish the spears! Put on the body armor!

Modern King James verseion

Harness the horses, and horsemen get up. Yea, stand with helmets, polish the spears; put on body armor.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Ye harness your horses, and set yourselves upon them. Ye set your helmets fast on, ye bring forth your spears. Ye scour your swords, and put on your breastplates.

NET Bible

Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Put on your helmets and take your positions! Sharpen you spears! Put on your armor!

New Heart English Bible

Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

The Emphasized Bible

Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, Stand forth in helmets, - Polish the lances, put on the coats of mail.

Webster

Harness the horses; and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the coats of mail.

World English Bible

Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

Youngs Literal Translation

Gird the horses, and go up, ye horsemen, And station yourselves with helmets, Polish the javelins, put on the coats of mail.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אסר 
'acar 
Usage: 70

the horses
סס סוּס 
Cuwc 
Usage: 140

and get up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

פּרשׁ 
Parash 
Usage: 57

and stand forth
יצב 
Yatsab 
Usage: 48

with your helmets
כּובע 
Kowba` 
Usage: 6

מרק 
Maraq 
Usage: 3

the spears
רמח 
Romach 
Usage: 15

and put on
לבשׁ לבשׁ 
Labash 
Usage: 111

Context Readings

Messages Concerning Egypt

3 Deploy small shields and large;
draw near for battle!
4 Harness the horses;
mount the steeds;
take your positions with helmets on!
Polish the lances;
put on armor!
5 Why have I seen this?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are crushed,
they flee headlong,
they never look back,
terror is on every side!
This is the Lord’s declaration.



Cross References

Ezekiel 21:9-11

“Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:

A sword! A sword is sharpened
and also polished.

Jeremiah 51:3

Don’t let the archer string his bow;
don’t let him put on his armor.
Don’t spare her young men;
completely destroy her entire army!

1 Samuel 17:5

and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed 125 pounds.

1 Samuel 17:38

Then Saul had his own military clothes put on David. He put a bronze helmet on David’s head and had him put on armor.

2 Chronicles 26:14

Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows and slingstones.

Nehemiah 4:16

From that day on, half of my men did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers supported all the people of Judah,

Ezekiel 21:28

“Now prophesy, son of man, and say: This is what the Lord God says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt. You are to proclaim:

A sword! A sword
is drawn for slaughter,
polished to consume, to flash like lightning.

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