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Jeremiah 46:16

Jeremiah chapter 46 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

Context

v.15Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.

v.16This passage

v.17They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 51:9

    We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

  • Jeremiah 46:6

    Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

  • Jeremiah 50:16

    Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

  • Leviticus 26:36

    And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

  • Jeremiah 46:21

    Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.