King James Version

Jeremiah 46:3

Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

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עִרְכ֤וּirkhvput in arrayעָרַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “put in array”, a commandH6186to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.מָגֵן֙magenbucklerמָגֵןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “buckler”, the ordinary formH4043a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile[idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.וְצִנָּ֔הvetsinahand coldצִנָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and cold”, the ordinary formH6793a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing)buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.וּגְשׁ֖וּugeshvand bringנָגַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and bring”, a commandH5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back(make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.לַמִּלְחָמָֽהlamilchamahto battleמִלְחָמָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to battle”, the ordinary formH4421a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.

World English Bible

“Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

Darby Translation

Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

Douay-Rheims

Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And all the leaders of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate, Marganasar, and Samagoth, and Nabusachar, and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the leaders of the king of Babylon,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ εἰσῆλθον πάντες οἱ ἡγούμενοι βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐν πύλῃ τῇ μέσῃ Μαργανασὰρ, καὶ Σαμαγὼθ, καὶ Ναβουσάχαρ, καὶ Ναβουσαρεὶς, Ναγαργᾶς, Νασεῤῥαβαμὰθ, καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι ἡγεμόνες βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος.