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BSB They turn, but not to the Most High;
⇔ they are like a faulty bow.
 ⇔ Their leaders will fall by the sword
⇔ for the cursing of their tongue;
 ⇔ for this they will be ridiculed
⇔ in the land of Egypt.

OEB They turn away from the Most High[fn].
 ⇔ They have become like a bow that swerves.
 ⇔ Their princes will fall by the sword,
 ⇔ because of the insolence of their tongues.
 ⇔ The land of Egypt will mock them.

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WEB They return, but not to the Most High.
⇔ They are like a faulty bow.
⇔ Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue.
⇔ This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

NET They turn to Baal;
 ⇔ they are like an unreliable bow.
 ⇔ Their leaders will fall by the sword
 ⇔ because their prayers to Baal have made me angry.
 ⇔ So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.

LSV They turn back—not to the Most High,
They have been as a deceitful bow,
Their princes fall by sword,
From the insolence of their tongue,
This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt!”

FBV They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a useless bow. Their leaders will be killed by the sword because of their cursing.[fn] Because of this they will be ridiculed in Egypt.

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T4T They have rejected me, their Great God, and turned to their god Baal;
⇔ they are as useless as [SIM] a crooked bow.
 ⇔ Their leaders boast that they are very strong,
⇔ but they will be killed by their enemies’ swords.
 ⇔ As a result, the people of Egypt will laugh at them.”

LEB  • [fn] like a slack bow; •  their officials will fall by the sword •  because of the anger of their tongue. •  This is their scorn[fn] • in the land of Egypt.

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BBE They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.

MOF they turn to Baal.
 ⇔ They are like a bow that swerves.
 ⇔ So, for the insolence of their talk
 ⇔ [[their bravado about Egypt]],
 ⇔ their leaders perish by the sword.

JPS They return, but not upwards; they are become like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue; this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

ASV They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

DRA They returned, that they might be without yoke: they became like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue. This is their derision in the land of Egypt.

YLT They turn back — not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This [is] their derision in the land of Egypt!

DBY They return, [but] not to the [Most] High: they are like a deceitful bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

RV They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

WBS They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

KJB They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
  (They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. )

BB They turne them selues, but not to the most hyest, and are become as a broken bowe, their princes shalbe slayne with the sworde for the malice of their tongues: this shalbe their derision in the lande of Egypt.
  (They turn themselves, but not to the most hyest, and are become as a broken bow, their princes shall be slain/killed with the sword for the malice of their tongues: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.)

GNV They returne, but not to the most high: they are like a deceitfull bowe: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongues: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
  (They returne, but not to the most high: they are like a deceitfull bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongues: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. )

CB They turne them selues, but not a right, & are become as a broken bowe. Their prynces shalbe slayne wt the swearde, for the malice of their tunges, soch blasphemies haue they lerned in the londe of Egipte.
  (They turn themselves, but not a right, and are become as a broken bow. Their princes shall be slain/killed with the swearde, for the malice of their tongues, such blasphemies have they lerned in the land of Egypt.)

WYC Thei turneden ayen, that thei schulden be with out yok; thei ben maad as a gileful bowe. The princis of hem schulen falle doun bi swerd, for the woodnesse of her tunge; this is the scornyng of hem in the lond of Egipt.
  (They turned again, that they should be with out yok; they been made as a gileful bow. The princes of them should fall down by swerd, for the woodnesse of her tunge; this is the scornyng of them in the land of Egypt.)

LUT Sie bekehren sich, aber nicht recht, sondern sind wie ein falscher Bogen; darum werden ihre Fürsten durchs Schwert fallen; ihr Dräuen soll in Ägyptenland zum Spott werden.
  (They/She bekehren sich, but not recht, rather are like a falscher Bogen; therefore become ihre Fürsten durchs Schwert fallen; her Dräuen should in Egyptland for_the Spott become.)

CLV Reversi sunt ut essent absque jugo; facti sunt quasi arcus dolosus: cadent in gladio principes eorum, a furore linguæ suæ. Ista subsannatio eorum in terra Ægypti.]
  (Reversi are as they_would_be without yugo; facti are as_if arcus dolosus: cadent in gladio principes eorum, a furore linguæ suæ. Ista subsannatio eorum in earth/land Ægypti.] )

BRN They turned aside to that which is not, they became as a bent bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, by reason of the unbridled state of their tongue: this is their setting at nought in the land of Egypt.

BrLXX Ἀπεστράφησαν εἰς οὐδὲν, ἐγένοντο ὡς τόξον ἐντεταμένον· πεσοῦνται ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῶν διʼ ἀπαιδευσίαν γλώσσης αὐτῶν· οὗτος ὁ φαυλισμὸς αὐτῶν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ.
  (Apestrafaʸsan eis ouden, egenonto hōs toxon entetamenon; pesountai en ɽomfaia hoi arⱪontes autōn diʼ apaideusian glōssaʸs autōn; houtos ho faulismos autōn en gaʸ Aiguptōi. )