Jeremiah 49:16

Jeremiah chapter 49 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

Context

v.15For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.

v.16This passage

v.17And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 28:11

    Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  • Proverbs 16:18

    Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Proverbs 18:21

    Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  • Isaiah 2:21

    to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

  • Jeremiah 48:28

    O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

  • Job 39:27

    Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?