Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’Alas, sword of the LORD, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’ New Living Translation “Now, O sword of the LORD, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still. English Standard Version Ah, sword of the LORD! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still! Berean Standard Bible ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ King James Bible 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. New King James Version “O you sword of the LORD, How long until you are quiet? Put yourself up into your scabbard, Rest and be still! New American Standard Bible “Ah, sword of the LORD, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Rest and stay still. NASB 1995 “Ah, sword of the LORD, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Be at rest and stay still. NASB 1977 “Ah, sword of the LORD, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Be at rest and stay still. Legacy Standard Bible Ah, sword of Yahweh, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Be at rest and stay still. Amplified Bible “O you sword of the LORD, How long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; Rest and be still. Christian Standard Bible Oh, sword of the LORD! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent! Holman Christian Standard Bible Oh, sword of the LORD! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent! 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. Contemporary English Version You ask how long will I continue to attack you with my sword, then you tell me to put it away and leave you alone. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation You cry out, "Sword of the LORD, how long will you keep on fighting? Go back into your scabbard. Stay there and rest!" Good News Translation You cry out, 'Sword of the LORD! How long will you go on slashing? Go back to your scabbard, stay there and rest!' International Standard Version Ah, sword of the LORD, how long before you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, be at rest, be silent! Majority Standard Bible ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ 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 yourself into your sheath; rest, and be still." Webster's Bible Translation 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 are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’ Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBehold, sword of YHWH, until when are you not quiet? Be removed to your sheath, rest and cease. Young's Literal Translation Ho, sword of Jehovah, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath, rest and cease. Smith's Literal Translation Alas, thou sword of Jehovah, till when wilt thou rest? be gathered to thy sheath; be quiet and be still. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleO thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. Catholic Public Domain Version O sharp sword of the Lord, how long will you be without rest? Enter your sheath; be refreshed and silenced. New American Bible Ah! Sword of the LORD! When will you find rest? Return to your scabbard; stop, be still! New Revised Standard Version Ah, sword of the LORD! How long until you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, rest and be still! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleO, sword of the LORD, how long will it be till you be quiet and cease from destruction? put up yourself into your scabbard, rest and be still. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Oh, Sword of LORD JEHOVAH, how long will you not be quiet and will you not cease to destroy? Be put away into your sheath! Be put away and be still! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917O thou sword of the LORD, How long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, Rest, and be still. Brenton Septuagint Translation How long wilt thou smite, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere thou art quiet? return into thy sheath, rest, and be removed. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Judgment on the Philistines…5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself? 6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ 7How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”… Cross References Isaiah 14:6 It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. Ezekiel 21:9-11 “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished— / it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick. / The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer. Isaiah 34:5-6 When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. Ezekiel 30:24-25 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. / I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt. Isaiah 31:8 “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. Ezekiel 21:14-16 ‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side! / So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter. / Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed. Isaiah 10:5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. Ezekiel 21:19-20 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city. / Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem. Isaiah 13:15-18 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. / Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. / Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. ... Ezekiel 21:28-32 Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning— / while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment. / Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you. ... Isaiah 9:4 For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor. Ezekiel 32:11-12 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you! / I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed. Isaiah 10:15 Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood! Ezekiel 21:3-5 and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. / Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north. / Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’ Isaiah 31:2 Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers. Treasury of Scripture O you sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere you be quiet? put up yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still. thou sword Jeremiah 12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. Jeremiah 15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. Jeremiah 25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. how long Jeremiah 4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? Jeremiah 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. 2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? put up thyself [heb] gather thyself 1 Chronicles 21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. Ezekiel 21:30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. John 18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Jump to Previous Ah Alas Cease Cover Cry Ere Ho Peace Quiet Removed Rest Scabbard Sheath Sword Thyself Wilt WithdrawJump to Next Ah Alas Cease Cover Cry Ere Ho Peace Quiet Removed Rest Scabbard Sheath Sword Thyself Wilt WithdrawJeremiah 47 1. The destruction of the PhilistinesAh, sword of the LORD The phrase "sword of the LORD" is a powerful metaphor representing divine judgment and warfare. In Hebrew, the word for "sword" is "חֶרֶב" (chereb), which often symbolizes destruction or divine retribution. The "sword of the LORD" indicates that the coming judgment is not merely a human conflict but an act of divine intervention. Historically, this reflects the period when God used nations as instruments of His judgment, particularly against the Philistines in this context. The sword is a reminder of God's sovereignty and His ultimate authority over nations and history. how long until you rest? Return to your sheath be still and silent Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew ‘Alas,ה֗וֹי (hō·w) Interjection Strong's 1945: Ah! alas! ha! O sword חֶ֚רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword of the LORD, לַֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH how long עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while until you rest? לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Return הֵאָֽסְפִי֙ (hê·’ā·sə·p̄î) Verb - Nifal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove to אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to your sheath; תַּעְרֵ֔ךְ (ta‘·rêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 8593: A knife, razor, a scabbard cease הֵרָגְעִ֖י (hê·rā·ḡə·‘î) Verb - Nifal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 7280: To toss violently and suddenly, to settle, quiet, to wink and be still!’ וָדֹֽמִּי׃ (wā·ḏōm·mî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish Links Jeremiah 47:6 NIVJeremiah 47:6 NLT Jeremiah 47:6 ESV Jeremiah 47:6 NASB Jeremiah 47:6 KJV Jeremiah 47:6 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 47:6 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 47:6 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 47:6 French Bible Jeremiah 47:6 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 47:6 You sword of Yahweh how long will (Jer.) |