Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “The swift cannot flee nor the strong escape. In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. New Living Translation “The swiftest runners cannot flee; the mightiest warriors cannot escape. By the Euphrates River to the north, they stumble and fall. English Standard Version “The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen. Berean Standard Bible “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. King James Bible Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. New King James Version “Do not let the swift flee away, Nor the mighty man escape; They will stumble and fall Toward the north, by the River Euphrates. New American Standard Bible Let not the swift man flee, Nor the warrior escape. In the north beside the river Euphrates They have stumbled and fallen. NASB 1995 Let not the swift man flee, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north beside the river Euphrates They have stumbled and fallen. NASB 1977 Let not the swift man flee, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north beside the river Euphrates They have stumbled and fallen. Legacy Standard Bible Let not the swift man flee, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north beside the river Euphrates They have stumbled and fallen. Amplified Bible Do not let the swift man run, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north by the river Euphrates They have stumbled and fallen. Christian Standard Bible The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River, they stumble and fall. Holman Christian Standard Bible The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River, they stumble and fall. American Standard Version Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He who is fast shall not escape, and he who is mighty in power shall not save himself. They stumbled on the side of the river Euphrates, and they all fell Brenton Septuagint Translation Let not the swift flee, and let not the mighty man escape to the north: the forces at Euphrates are become feeble, and they have fallen. Contemporary English Version You are strong and run fast, but you can't escape. You fall in battle near the Euphrates River. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled, and fallen. GOD'S WORD® Translation "The infantry can't flee. The warriors can't escape. They stumble and fall in the north by the Euphrates River. Good News Translation Those who run fast cannot get away; the soldiers cannot escape. In the north, by the Euphrates, they stumble and fall. International Standard Version "The swift cannot flee, nor can the strong escape. In the north, beside the Euphrates River, they stumble and fall. JPS Tanakh 1917 The swift cannot flee away, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north by the river Euphrates Have they stumbled and fallen. Literal Standard Version The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, | Northward, by the side of the Euphrates River, | They have stumbled and fallen. Majority Standard Bible “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. New American Bible The swift cannot flee, nor the warrior escape: There up north, on the banks of the Euphrates they stumble and fall. NET Bible But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they stumble and fall in defeat. New Revised Standard Version The swift cannot flee away, nor can the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen. New Heart English Bible "Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Perath have they stumbled and fallen. Webster's Bible Translation Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape! they shall stumble, and fall towards the north by the river Euphrates. World English Bible “Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen. Young's Literal Translation The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Judgment on Egypt…5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD. 6“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. 7Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?… Cross References Isaiah 30:16 "No," you say, "we will flee on horses." Therefore you will flee! "We will ride swift horses," but your pursuers will be faster. Jeremiah 46:12 The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together." Jeremiah 46:16 They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, 'Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.' Daniel 11:19 After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more. Treasury of Scripture Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. not Judges 4:15-21 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet… Psalm 33:16,17 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength… Psalm 147:10,11 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man… stumble Jeremiah 46:12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. Jeremiah 20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. Jeremiah 50:32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. toward Jeremiah 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. Jeremiah 1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Jeremiah 4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. Jump to Previous Escape Euphrates Euphra'tes Fall Fallen Flee Flight Hard Mighty North Northward Phrat Quick-Footed River Side Slipping Strong Stumble Stumbled Swift Towards War WarriorJump to Next Escape Euphrates Euphra'tes Fall Fallen Flee Flight Hard Mighty North Northward Phrat Quick-Footed River Side Slipping Strong Stumble Stumbled Swift Towards War WarriorJeremiah 46 1. Jeremiah prophesies the overthrow of Pharaoh's army at Euphrates13. and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar 27. He comforts Jacob in his chastisement Verse 6. - Let not the swift flee away. A strong way of expressing that even the swiftest cannot expect to flee, just as, in Isaiah 2:9, "forgive them not" means "thou canst not forgive them." Nothing seems to have struck the Jews so much as the unparalleled swiftness of the Chaldean warriors (Hebrews 1:6, 8; Jeremiah 4:13). They shall stumble; literally, they have stumbled; it is most probably the prophetic perfect ("they shall certainly fall"), though Ewald denies this, and consequently maintains that the prophecy was written after the battle of Car-chemish. Toward the north; i.e. "in the northern region," or, more loosely, "in the north" (comp. ver. 10). Carchemish was, of course, far to the north of Jerusalem. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The swiftהַקַּ֔ל (haq·qal) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7031: Light, swift, fleet cannot אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not flee, יָנ֣וּס (yā·nūs) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away and the warrior הַגִּבּ֑וֹר (hag·gib·bō·wr) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant cannot וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 408: Not escape! יִמָּלֵ֖ט (yim·mā·lêṭ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks In the north צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ (ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh) Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter by עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the River נְהַר־ (nə·har-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity Euphrates פְּרָ֔ת (pə·rāṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6578: Euphrates -- a river of west Asia they stumble כָּשְׁל֖וּ (kā·šə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall and fall. וְנָפָֽלוּ׃ (wə·nā·p̄ā·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie Links Jeremiah 46:6 NIVJeremiah 46:6 NLT Jeremiah 46:6 ESV Jeremiah 46:6 NASB Jeremiah 46:6 KJV Jeremiah 46:6 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 46:6 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 46:6 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 46:6 French Bible Jeremiah 46:6 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 46:6 Don't let the swift flee away (Jer.) |
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