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Jeremiah 46:9

Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

KJV

Ascendite equos, et exsultate in curribus, et procedant fortes, Æthiopia et Libyes tenentes scutum, et Lydii arripientes et jacientes sagittas.

Vulgate

Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.

ASV

עֲל֤וּ הַ/סּוּסִים֙ וְ/הִתְהֹלְל֣וּ הָ/רֶ֔כֶב וְ/יֵצְא֖וּ הַ/גִּבּוֹרִ֑ים כּ֤וּשׁ וּ/פוּט֙ תֹּפְשֵׂ֣י מָגֵ֔ן וְ/לוּדִ֕ים תֹּפְשֵׂ֖י דֹּ֥רְכֵי קָֽשֶׁת

Hebrew

Get ye up on horses, and glory in chariots, and let the valiant men come forth, the Ethiopians, and the Libyans that hold the shield, and the Lydians that take, and shoot arrows.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
כּ֥וּשׁ
kvsh
proper_noun · 30×
לוּדִ֧ים
lvdym
noun · 4×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 65×
מָגֵ֣ן
mgn
noun · 62×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×
סוּסִ֖ים
svsym
noun · 141×
פוּט֙
pvt
proper_noun · 7×
קֶ֣שֶׁת
qsht
noun · 76×
רֶ֔כֶב
rkb
noun · 119×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 27:10 — They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
  • Ezek 27:10 — They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
  • Gen 10:13 — And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
  • Isa 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not he
  • Jer 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the
  • Nah 3:9 — Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
  • Nah 3:9 — Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
  • Zeph 2:12 — Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.