Jeremiah 48 · Verse 14

Jeremiah 48:14

How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
Jeremiah 48:14, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:14 in other translations

BSBHow can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
WEB“How do you say, ‘We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war’?
ASVHow say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
YLTHow do ye say, We are mighty, And men of strength for battle?
DARBYHow do ye say, We are mighty, and men of valour for the war?
BBEHow say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?
WebsterHow say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

What does Jeremiah 48:14 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 48:14-47
. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to search into all the figures and expressions here used. Yet it is not perpetual destruction. The chapter ends with a promise of their return out of captivity in the latter days. Even with Moabites God will not contend for ever, nor be always wroth. The Jews refer it to the days of the Messiah; then the captives of the Gentiles, under the yoke of sin and Satan, shall be brought back by Divine grace, which shall make them free indeed.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 48:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֚יךְ'eikhhow?H349
תֹּֽאמְר֔וּto.me.Ruwill you sayH559
גִּבּוֹרִ֖יםgi.bo.Rim[are] warriorsH1368
אֲנָ֑חְנוּ'a.Na.che.nuweH587
וְאַנְשֵׁי\־ve.'an.shei-and men ofH582
חַ֖יִלCha.yilstrengthH2428
לַמִּלְחָמָֽה\׃la.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 48:14

  • Psalms 33:16

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

  • Isaiah 10:16

    Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

  • Isaiah 10:13

    For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

  • Isaiah 16:6

    We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:11

    I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

  • Zephaniah 2:10

    This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.

  • Jeremiah 49:16

    Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 8:8

    How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

  • Ezekiel 30:6

    Thus saith the Lord; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.

  • Isaiah 36:4-5

    And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

  • Jeremiah 9:23

    Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

  • Psalms 11:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How.
8:8; Ps 11:1; Isa 36:4,5
We.
9:23; 49:16; Ps 33:16; Ec 9:11; Isa 10:13,16; 16:6; Eze 30:6
Zep 2:10

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Context

  • Jeremiah 48:13

    And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth–el their confidence.

  • Jeremiah 48:14

    How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

  • Jeremiah 48:15

    Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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Jeremiah 48:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Cómo diréis: Somos valientes, y robustos hombres para la guerra?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Comment dites-vous: Nous sommes des hommes forts, des hommes vaillants pour la guerre?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wie sprechet ihr: Wir sind Helden und tapfere Männer zum Streit?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quomodo dicitis: Fortes sumus, et viri robusti ad præliandum?