New International Version (NIV)
7But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”
Jeremiah 47:7
Jeremiah 47:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
7“How can it be quiet,
When the Lord has given it an order?
Against Ashkelon and against the sea shore—
There He has summoned it.”
Amplified Bible (AMP)
7“How can His sword be quiet
When the Lord has given it an order?
Against Ashkelon and against the [whole Philistine] seashore
There He has assigned it.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
7How can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it?
He has appointed it against Ashkelon
and the shore of its coastland.”
American Standard Version (ASV)
7How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
7Howe can it cease, seeing the Lord hath giuen it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea banke? euen there hath he appointed it.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
7“How can you be quiet,
since Yahweh has given you a command?
Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore,
there he has appointed it.”
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
7But how can his sword rest
when the Lord has given it a command?
He has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the Philistine coast.”
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
7But the Lord has commanded his sword to kill.
So it cannot rest!
The Lord has commanded his sword to attack Ashkelon
and the people who live on the coast of the sea.’
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
7How will it be quiet, || And YHWH has given a charge to it, || Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? He has appointed it there!”