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Jeremiah 46:6

What does Jeremiah 46:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 46:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong think to escape: they are overthrown, and fallen down, towards the north by the river Euphrates.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! — Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.

Context

v.5Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

v.6This passage

v.7Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 147:10

    He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

  • Judges 4:15

    And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

  • Jeremiah 4:6

    Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

  • Isaiah 8:15

    And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  • Jeremiah 25:9

    behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:11

    I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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