Jeremiah 13:24
What does Jeremiah 13:24 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 13:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So I will send them in all directions, as dry grass is taken away by the wind of the waste land.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 83:13
O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.
- Luke 21:24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Zephaniah 2:2
before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah’s anger come upon you.
- Ezekiel 5:2
A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
- Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
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