Parallel Verses
- English Standard Version - For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior’s sword.
- 新标点和合本 - 我拿犹大作上弦的弓； 我拿以法莲为张弓的箭。 锡安哪，我要激发你的众子， 攻击希腊（原文作“雅完”）的众子，使你如勇士的刀。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我为自己把犹大弯紧， 我使以法莲如满弓。 锡安哪，我要唤起你的儿女， 希腊 啊，我要攻击你的儿女， 使你如勇士的刀。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我为自己把犹大弯紧， 我使以法莲如满弓。 锡安哪，我要唤起你的儿女， 希腊 啊，我要攻击你的儿女， 使你如勇士的刀。
- 当代译本 - 我必把犹大当弓拉开， 把以法莲当箭搭上， 使锡安的众子如勇士之剑， 去攻打希腊的众子。
- 圣经新译本 - 我把犹大作我手上拉开的弓， 把以法莲作我弓上的箭。 锡安哪！我必激动你的众子，去攻击希腊的众子； 我必使你像勇士的刀剑。
- 中文标准译本 - 我必拉开犹大为弓， 把以法莲搭在弓上。 锡安哪，我要激起你的众子， 攻击希腊 的众子！ 我必使你如同勇士的刀剑。
- 现代标点和合本 - 我拿犹大做上弦的弓， 我拿以法莲为张弓的箭。 锡安哪，我要激发你的众子 攻击希腊 的众子，使你如勇士的刀。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 我拿犹大作上弦的弓， 我拿以法莲为张弓的箭。 锡安哪，我要激发你的众子， 攻击希腊 的众子，使你如勇士的刀。
- New International Version - I will bend Judah as I bend my bow and fill it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and make you like a warrior’s sword.
- New International Reader's Version - I will bend Judah as I bend my bow. I will make Ephraim’s people my arrows. Zion, I will stir up your sons. Greece, they will attack your sons. My people, I will use you as my sword.”
- New Living Translation - Judah is my bow, and Israel is my arrow. Jerusalem is my sword, and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.
- Christian Standard Bible - For I will bend Judah as my bow; I will fill that bow with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece. I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
- New American Standard Bible - For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece; And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
- New King James Version - For I have bent Judah, My bow, Fitted the bow with Ephraim, And raised up your sons, O Zion, Against your sons, O Greece, And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”
- Amplified Bible - For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fit the bow with Ephraim [as My arrow]. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, And will make you [Israel] like the sword of a warrior.
- American Standard Version - For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.
- King James Version - When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
- New English Translation - I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow! I will stir up your sons, Zion, against yours, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior’s sword.
- World English Bible - For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
- 新標點和合本 - 我拿猶大作上弦的弓； 我拿以法蓮為張弓的箭。 錫安哪，我要激發你的眾子， 攻擊希臘（原文是雅完）的眾子，使你如勇士的刀。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我為自己把猶大彎緊， 我使以法蓮如滿弓。 錫安哪，我要喚起你的兒女， 希臘 啊，我要攻擊你的兒女， 使你如勇士的刀。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我為自己把猶大彎緊， 我使以法蓮如滿弓。 錫安哪，我要喚起你的兒女， 希臘 啊，我要攻擊你的兒女， 使你如勇士的刀。
- 當代譯本 - 我必把猶大當弓拉開， 把以法蓮當箭搭上， 使錫安的眾子如勇士之劍， 去攻打希臘的眾子。
- 聖經新譯本 - 我把猶大作我手上拉開的弓， 把以法蓮作我弓上的箭。 錫安哪！我必激動你的眾子，去攻擊希臘的眾子； 我必使你像勇士的刀劍。
- 呂振中譯本 - 我拿 猶大 做我上弦的弓， 拿 以法蓮 做張了弓的箭。 錫安 哪，我必激動你的眾子 去攻擊 希臘 的眾子 ， 使你如勇士的刀劍。
- 中文標準譯本 - 我必拉開猶大為弓， 把以法蓮搭在弓上。 錫安哪，我要激起你的眾子， 攻擊希臘 的眾子！ 我必使你如同勇士的刀劍。
- 現代標點和合本 - 我拿猶大做上弦的弓， 我拿以法蓮為張弓的箭。 錫安哪，我要激發你的眾子 攻擊希臘 的眾子，使你如勇士的刀。
- 文理和合譯本 - 我以猶大為已彎之弓、以以法蓮為在弦之矢、錫安歟、我將激爾子、以攻雅完之子、使爾若勇士之劍、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我必以猶大家以法蓮族、為我弓矢、以射敵人、郇邑之民、攻擊雅番子、若武士之劍、足以殲人。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我以 猶大 為已張之弓、以 以法蓮 為所發於弓之矢、 以以法蓮為所發於弓之矢或作我視以法蓮如矢囊充滿以矢者 郇 歟、我激爾之民、 民原文作子 攻 雅完 之民、 民原文作子 且使爾若武士之劍、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Tensaré a Judá como mi arco, y pondré a Efraín como mi flecha. Sión, incitaré a tus hijos contra los hijos de Grecia y te usaré como espada de guerrero.
- 현대인의 성경 - 내가 유다를 내 활처럼 사용하고 에브라임을 내 화살처럼 사용할 것이며 시온 사람들을 내 칼처럼 사용하여 그리스 사람을 치게 하겠다.”
- Новый Русский Перевод - Я как лук натяну Иудею, а стрелой положу Ефрема. Я подниму твоих сыновей, Сион, против твоих сыновей, Греция, и буду воевать тобой, словно мечом.
- Восточный перевод - Я, как лук, натяну Иудею, а стрелой положу Ефраима. Я подниму твоих сыновей, Сион, против твоих сыновей, Греция , и буду воевать тобой, словно мечом.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я, как лук, натяну Иудею, а стрелой положу Ефраима. Я подниму твоих сыновей, Сион, против твоих сыновей, Греция , и буду воевать тобой, словно мечом.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я, как лук, натяну Иудею, а стрелой положу Ефраима. Я подниму твоих сыновей, Сион, против твоих сыновей, Греция , и буду воевать тобой, словно мечом.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car je tends mon arc : c’est Juda ; j’y place une flèche : Ephraïm . J’exciterai tes fils, ╵ô peuple de Sion, contre tes fils, Yavân , et je ferai de toi ╵une épée de guerrier.
- リビングバイブル - ユダよ、おまえはわたしの弓だ。 エフライムよ、おまえはわたしの矢だ。 二人とも、わたしの剣、 ギリシヤ人に向かって勇士が振りかざす剣のようだ。」
- Nova Versão Internacional - Quando eu curvar Judá como se curva um arco e usar Efraim como flecha, levantarei os filhos de Sião contra os filhos da Grécia e farei Sião semelhante à espada de um guerreiro.
- Hoffnung für alle - Die Männer von Juda sind wie ein Bogen in meiner Hand, die Männer von Ephraim sind die Pfeile, und ihr aus Zion seid das Schwert, das ich wie ein Krieger gegen die Truppen der Griechen schwinge.«
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Giu-đa như cung, Ép-ra-im như tên của Ta, con trai Si-ôn như kiếm Ta, và Ta sử dụng ngươi như gươm trong tay một dũng sĩ. Ta sẽ vung gươm chống lại Hy Lạp.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เราจะโก่งยูดาห์เหมือนโก่งธนู และให้เอฟราอิมเป็นลูกธนูเต็มแล่ง ศิโยนเอ๋ย เราจะกระตุ้นลูกๆ ของเจ้า มาสู้กับลูกๆ ของกรีซ และทำให้เจ้าเป็นเหมือนดาบในมือนักรบ
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะเราได้ง้างยูดาห์ดั่งคันธนูของเรา เราได้ทำเอฟราอิมให้เป็นลูกธนู โอ ศิโยนเอ๋ย เราจะกระตุ้นบรรดาบุตรของเจ้า เพื่อต่อต้านบรรดาบุตรของกรีก และทำให้เจ้าเป็นดั่งดาบของนักรบ”
Cross Reference
- Psalms 49:2 - both low and high, rich and poor together!
- Psalms 49:3 - My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
- Psalms 49:4 - I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
- Psalms 49:5 - Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
- Psalms 49:6 - those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?
- Psalms 49:7 - Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,
- Psalms 49:8 - for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,
- Psalms 49:9 - that he should live on forever and never see the pit.
- Revelation 17:14 - They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
- 2 Corinthians 10:3 - For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4 - For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 - We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
- Ephesians 6:17 - and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
- Romans 15:16 - to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:17 - In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.
- Romans 15:18 - For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed,
- Romans 15:19 - by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;
- Romans 15:20 - and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation,
- Revelation 2:12 - “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.
- Psalms 149:6 - Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,
- Jeremiah 51:20 - “You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
- Revelation 19:21 - And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.
- 2 Timothy 4:7 - I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- Micah 4:2 - and many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Micah 4:3 - He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore;
- Psalms 144:1 - Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
- Lamentations 4:2 - The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands!
- Psalms 18:32 - the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
- Psalms 18:33 - He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
- Psalms 18:34 - He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- Psalms 18:35 - You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great.
- 1 Corinthians 1:21 - For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
- 1 Corinthians 1:22 - For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
- 1 Corinthians 1:23 - but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
- 1 Corinthians 1:24 - but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:25 - For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
- 1 Corinthians 1:26 - For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27 - But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
- 1 Corinthians 1:28 - God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
- Mark 16:15 - And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
- Mark 16:16 - Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- Mark 16:17 - And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
- Mark 16:18 - they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
- Mark 16:19 - So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Mark 16:20 - And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]
- Revelation 19:15 - From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
- Daniel 8:21 - And the goat is the king of Greece. And the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
- Daniel 8:22 - As for the horn that was broken, in place of which four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise from his nation, but not with his power.
- Daniel 8:23 - And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise.
- Daniel 8:24 - His power shall be great—but not by his own power; and he shall cause fearful destruction and shall succeed in what he does, and destroy mighty men and the people who are the saints.
- Daniel 8:25 - By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall become great. Without warning he shall destroy many. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken—but by no human hand.
- Zechariah 12:2 - “Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah.
- Zechariah 12:3 - On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it.
- Zechariah 12:4 - On that day, declares the Lord, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
- Zechariah 12:5 - Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.’
- Zechariah 12:6 - “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 12:7 - “And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah.
- Zechariah 12:8 - On that day the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, going before them.
- Daniel 11:32 - He shall seduce with flattery those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.
- Daniel 11:33 - And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.
- Daniel 11:34 - When they stumble, they shall receive a little help. And many shall join themselves to them with flattery,
- Micah 5:4 - And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
- Micah 5:5 - And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men;
- Micah 5:6 - they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.
- Micah 5:7 - Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man.
- Micah 5:8 - And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
- Micah 5:9 - Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
- Isaiah 41:15 - Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;
- Isaiah 41:16 - you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
- Amos 2:11 - And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.
- Revelation 1:16 - In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
- Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Zechariah 1:21 - And I said, “What are these coming to do?” He said, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
- Obadiah 1:21 - Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
- Joel 3:6 - You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border.
- Joel 3:7 - Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will return your payment on your own head.
- Joel 3:8 - I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken.”
- Isaiah 49:2 - He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away.
- Zechariah 10:3 - “My anger is hot against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.
- Zechariah 10:4 - From him shall come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler—all of them together.
- Zechariah 10:5 - They shall be like mighty men in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight because the Lord is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.
- Zechariah 10:6 - “I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
- Zechariah 10:7 - Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior, and their hearts shall be glad as with wine. Their children shall see it and be glad; their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.
- Psalms 45:3 - Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and majesty!