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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 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.
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.'"
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."
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 So their land will become an object of horror. People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision. 17 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." 18 Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:27
They say to a wooden idol, 'You are my father.' They say to a stone image, 'You gave birth to me.' Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'
Jeremiah 13:24
"The Lord says, 'That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind.
Job 27:21
The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
Psalm 48:7
With an east wind you shatter the large ships.
Jeremiah 32:33
They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.
Jeremiah 46:21
Even her mercenaries will prove to be like pampered, well-fed calves. For they too will turn and run away. They will not stand their ground when the time for them to be destroyed comes, the time for them to be punished.
Hosea 13:15
Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.
Deuteronomy 28:25
"The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:64
The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.
Deuteronomy 31:17
At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, 'Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?'
Deuteronomy 32:35
I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips; for the day of their disaster is near, and the impending judgment is rushing upon them!"
Judges 10:13-14
But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again.
Proverbs 7:25-26
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways -- do not wander into her pathways;