Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.
New American Standard Bible
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
King James Version
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
Holman Bible
“Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;
he let the opportune moment pass.”
International Standard Version
There they'll cry out, "Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is just a big noise. He has let the appointed time pass by.'
A Conservative Version
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise. He has let the appointed time pass by.
Amplified
“They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is destroyed and is merely a loud noise;
He has let the appointed time [of opportunity] pass by!’
Bible in Basic English
Give a name to Pharaoh, king of Egypt: A noise who has let the time go by.
Darby Translation
There did they cry, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the time appointed go by.
Julia Smith Translation
They called there, Pharaoh king of Egypt an uproar; he passed by the appointment
King James 2000
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has passed the time appointed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They will call there, 'Pharaoh, the king of Egypt [is but] a roar, {he missed the opportunity}.'
Modern King James verseion
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is a noise; he has passed the chosen time.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They did cry, even there, 'O Pharaoh king of Egypt, thou troublous king; the time will bring sedition.'
NET Bible
There at home they will say, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise! He has let the most opportune moment pass by.'
New Heart English Bible
They cried there, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.'"
The Emphasized Bible
Proclaim ye a name, - Pharaoh, king of Egypt - a Sound! He hath overstepped the time appointed!
Webster
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
World English Bible
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt is a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time.
Themes
Interlinear
Qara'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 46:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Messages Concerning Egypt
16 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. 17 They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by. 18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 19:11-16
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
1 Kings 20:10
And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
1 Kings 20:18
And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
Isaiah 31:3
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
Isaiah 37:27-29
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field of grain before it is grown up.
Ezekiel 29:3
speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Ezekiel 31:18
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.