Jeremiah 48:9
What does Jeremiah 48:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 48:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall go out: and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and uninhabited.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
- Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
- Revelation 12:14
And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
- Psalms 11:1
In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;
- Isaiah 16:2
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
- Jeremiah 46:19
O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.
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