16Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.


In Context

13 and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

14 Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

16 Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.

18 But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.

Jeremiah 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Their quivers are like an open grave; all of them are mighty warriors.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all valiant.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre; they are all mighty men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Their quiver is as an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16Its quiver is as an open sepulchre, All of them — mighty ones.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16Their quiver is as an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men.