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


In Context

3 at the sound of the hoofs of galloping steeds, at the noise of enemy chariots and the rumble of their wheels. Fathers will not turn to help their children; their hands will hang limp.

4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines and to cut off all survivors who could help Tyre and Sidon. The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

5 Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

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

7 But how can it rest when the Lord has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?"

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:6Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw 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.