Parallel Verses
Webster
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Holman Bible
iron from the north, or bronze?
International Standard Version
"Can anyone break iron iron from the north or bronze?
A Conservative Version
Can a man break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
American Standard Version
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Amplified
“Can anyone crush iron,
The iron from the north, or bronze?
Bible in Basic English
Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?
Darby Translation
Will iron break? iron from the north? and bronze?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall iron break the iron of the north, and brass?
King James 2000
Can anyone break iron, the northern iron and the bronze?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can anyone break iron, iron from the north, or bronze?
Modern King James verseion
Can one break iron, iron or bronze from the north?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Doth one iron hurt another, or one metal that cometh from the North, another?
NET Bible
Can you people who are like iron and bronze break that iron fist from the north?
New Heart English Bible
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
The Emphasized Bible
Shall iron crush the iron from the North and the bronze?
World English Bible
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Youngs Literal Translation
Doth one break iron -- northern iron, and brass?
Interlinear
Ra`a`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 15:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament And Yahweh's Response
11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to treat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:18-19
For behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against her princes, against her priests, and against the people of the land.
Habakkuk 1:5-10
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
Job 40:9
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?
Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! Let the potsherd contend with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Jeremiah 21:4-5
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, who besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
Jeremiah 28:14
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.