6Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.


In Context

3 at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels: fathers shall not look back for their children, from feebleness of hands;

4 because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth; for Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor.

5 Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

6 Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

7 How shouldest thou be quiet? For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.

Jeremiah 47:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:6O thou sword of the LORD, how long [will it be] ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

47:6" 'Ah, sword of the Lord ,' you cry, 'how long till you rest? Return to your scabbard; cease and be still.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

47:6O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

47:6O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

47:6O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:6O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:6You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

47:6Ho, sword of Jehovah, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath, rest and cease.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:6O you sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere you be quiet? put up yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still.