Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
Parallel translations
- KJV Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
- BSB Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
- NKJV Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
- NASB Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with buckler and helmet;
- NLT Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya will join you, too, with all their weapons.
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- Ezek 27:10Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they showed your beauty.
- Gen 10:6The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Ezek 30:5Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, shall fall with them by the sword.
- 1 Chr 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Nah 3:9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
- Gen 10:8Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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