New International VersionA sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans.
New Living TranslationWar will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates. They will destroy them, trapping them in their own evil plans.
English Standard VersionThe sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels.
Berean Standard BibleA sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.
King James BibleAnd the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour
them, because of their own counsels.
New King James VersionAnd the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume
them, Because of their own counsels.
New American Standard BibleAnd the sword will whirl against their cities, And will destroy their oracle priests And consume
them, because of their counsels.
NASB 1995The sword will whirl against their cities, And will demolish their gate bars And consume them because of their counsels.
NASB 1977And the sword will whirl against their cities, And will demolish their gate bars And consume
them because of their counsels.
Legacy Standard BibleAnd the sword will whirl against their cities And will consume their gate bars And devour
them because of their counsels.
Amplified BibleThe sword will whirl against
and fall on their cities, And will demolish the bars of their gates
and fortifications And will consume them because of their counsels.
Christian Standard BibleA sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates, because of their schemes.
Holman Christian Standard BibleA sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates, because of their schemes.
American Standard VersionAnd the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Contemporary English VersionWar will visit their cities, and their plans will fail.
English Revised VersionAnd the sword shall fall upon his cities, and shall consume his bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationWar will sweep through their cities, demolish their city gates, and put an end to their plans.
Good News TranslationWar will sweep through their cities and break down the city gates. It will destroy my people because they do what they themselves think best.
International Standard VersionThe sword will fall on their cities, consuming and devouring their fortified gates, despite their planning.
NET BibleA sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.
New Heart English BibleThe sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
Webster's Bible TranslationAnd the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard BibleA sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.
World English BibleThe sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard VersionThe sword has been grievous in his cities, "" And it has ended his bars, and consumed—from their own counsels.
Young's Literal Translation Grievous hath been the sword in his cities, And it hath ended his bars, and consumed -- from their own counsels.
Smith's Literal TranslationAnd the sword was polished in his cities, and it consumed his branches, and devoured from their counsels.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims BibleThe sword hath begun in his cities, and it shall consume his chosen men, and sha.ll devour their heads.
Catholic Public Domain VersionThe sword has begun in his cities, and it will consume his elect and devour their heads.
New American BibleThe sword shall rage in his cities: it shall destroy his diviners, and devour them because of their schemings.
New Revised Standard VersionThe sword rages in their cities, it consumes their oracle-priests, and devours because of their schemes.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa BibleThe sword shall cause pain in their cities and consume their possessions, and they shall suffer because of their evil counsels.
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedThe sword shall cause distress in their cities and it will vanish from their hands, and they shall eat of their counsels
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917And the sword shall fall upon his cities, And shall consume his bars, and devour them, Because of their own counsels.
Brenton Septuagint TranslationAnd in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased
to war with his hands: and they shall eat
of the fruit of their own devices:
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