Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
for she will run away;
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.
New American Standard Bible
For she will
And her cities will become a
Without inhabitants in them.
King James Version
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
International Standard Version
"Put salt on Moab for she will surely fall. Her towns will become desolate places, without any inhabitants in them.
A Conservative Version
Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away. And her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
American Standard Version
Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Amplified
“Give a gravestone to Moab,
For she will fall into ruins;
Her cities (pastures, farms) will be desolate,
Without anyone to live in them.
Bible in Basic English
Put 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.
Darby Translation
Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye shall give a wing to Moab, that fleeing she shall go forth: for her cities shall be for a desolation, from none dwelling in them.
King James 2000
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Give salt for Moab, for certainly she will go to ruin, and her towns will become as a desolation, {without} an inhabitant in them.
Modern King James verseion
Give wings to Moab so that it may flee and get away; for its cities shall be a desert, without an inhabitant in them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Make a token unto Moab, that she get her away speedily: for her cities shall be made so desolate, that no man shall dwell therein.
NET Bible
Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited."
New Heart English Bible
Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.'
The Emphasized Bible
Give wing to Moab, For she must, fly away; And her cities To desolation, shall be turned, With no inhabitant therein.
Webster
Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.
World English Bible
Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Youngs Literal Translation
Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.
Topics
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Nathan
Shammah
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
8
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated,
as the Lord has said.
for she will run away;
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.
the Lord’s business deceitfully
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.
Cross References
Psalm 11:1
For the choir director. Davidic.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!
Isaiah 16:2
forced from the nest,
the daughters of Moab
will be at the fords of the Arnon.
Jeremiah 48:28
residents of Moab!
Be like a dove
that nests inside the mouth of a cave.
Psalm 55:6
I would fly away and find rest.
Jeremiah 46:19
inhabitant of Daughter Egypt!
For Memphis will become a desolation,
uninhabited ruins.
Zephaniah 2:9
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel—
Moab will be like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah
a place overgrown with weeds,
a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.
The remnant of My people will plunder them;
the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.
Revelation 12:14
The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was fed for a time, times, and half a time.