Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Like the east wind, I'll scatter them before the enemy. I'll show them my back and not my face, on the day of their downfall.'"
New American Standard Bible
Before the enemy;
I will
King James Version
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Holman Bible
I will show them
on the day of their calamity.
A Conservative Version
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
American Standard Version
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Amplified
‘I will scatter them like an east wind
Before the enemy;
I will show them My back and not My face
In the day of their disaster [says the Lord].’”
Bible in Basic English
I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.
Darby Translation
As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Julia Smith Translation
As the east wind I will scatter them before the face of the enemy; I will cause them to see the neck and not the face, in the day of their destruction.
King James 2000
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like the wind from the east I will scatter them {before} [the] enemy. I will show them [my] back and not [my] face in the day of their disaster.'"
Modern King James verseion
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
With an East wind will I scatter them, before their enemies. And when their destruction cometh, I will turn my back upon them, but not my face."
NET Bible
I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them."
New Heart English Bible
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity."
The Emphasized Bible
Like an east wind, will I scatter them before the enemy, - The back and not the face, will I let them see in the day of their distress.
Webster
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
World English Bible
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Youngs Literal Translation
As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'
Themes
Days » A time of judgment called a day of » Calamity
Following » The reward for following vanity
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 18:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Deluded Israel
16 They make their land into a desolate place, an object of lasting scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads. 17 "Like the east wind, I'll scatter them before the enemy. I'll show them my back and not my face, on the day of their downfall.'" 18 Then they said, "Come, let's make up a plot against Jeremiah. After all, the priest's instruction, the wise man's counsel, and the prophet's message won't be destroyed. So let's verbally attack him. Pay no attention to anything he says!"
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:27
who say to a tree, "You are my father,' and to a stone, "You gave birth to me.' They have turned their back to me, but not their faces. In the time of their trouble, they'll say, "Rise up! Deliver us!'"
Jeremiah 13:24
I'll scatter them like chaff blown away by a desert wind.
Job 27:21
He'll be swept up by a storm wind and carried away; he'll be whirled away from his place.
Psalm 48:7
as when an east wind destroyed the ships of Tarshish.
Jeremiah 32:33
They have turned their backs to me rather than their faces. Even though I taught them, teaching them again and again, they didn't listen to accept correction.
Jeremiah 46:21
Even the mercenary troops in her ranks are like a fattened calf. They too will turn around, and will flee together. They won't stand, for the day of their disaster is coming on them, the time of their punishment.
Hosea 13:15
Even though he is fruitful compared to his relatives, an east wind will come, the LORD's wind storm from the wilderness, and his spring will evaporate. His fountain will dry up, and the LORD's wind storm will plunder all the expensive vessels of the treasury.
Deuteronomy 28:25
"The LORD will cause you to be defeated by your enemies. You'll go out against them in one direction, but you'll flee from them in seven directions. Consequently, you'll be in a state of great terror throughout all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:64
"He'll scatter you among the nations from one end of the earth to the other, and there you'll serve other gods made of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
Deuteronomy 31:17
When that happens, my anger will burn against them, because they will have abandoned me. I'll hide my face from them, they will be consumed, and many evils and distresses will find them. When this happens, they will say, "These troubles have happened to us because God isn't among us.'
Deuteronomy 32:35
To me belong vengeance and recompense. In due time their feet will slip, because their time of calamity is near and the things prepared for them draw near.
Judges 10:13-14
But you have abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer be delivering you.
Proverbs 7:25-26
Don't be led astray by her lifestyle, and don't imitate her behavior.