Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

The moment I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to tear down, and to destroy:

New American Standard Bible

At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it;

King James Version

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

Holman Bible

At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.

International Standard Version

At one moment I may speak about a nation or a kingdom to uproot it, pull it down, or destroy it.

A Conservative Version

At that instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,

American Standard Version

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

Amplified

At one moment I might [suddenly] speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will uproot and break down and destroy;

Bible in Basic English

Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it;

Darby Translation

At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,

King James 2000

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

Lexham Expanded Bible

One moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot, and to tear down, and to destroy [it].

Modern King James verseion

The instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck it up and to pull it down, and to destroy it;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When I take in hand to root out, to destroy, or to waste away any people or kingdom;

NET Bible

There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.

New Heart English Bible

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

The Emphasized Bible

The moment I speak, concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, - to pull up and to break down, and to destroy;

Webster

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

World English Bible

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

Youngs Literal Translation

The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רגע 
Rega` 
Usage: 22

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

ממלכה 
Mamlakah 
Usage: 117

to pluck up
נתשׁ 
Nathash 
Usage: 21

and to pull down
נתץ 
Nathats 
Usage: 42

and to destroy
H6
אבד 
'abad 
Usage: 184

References

Smith

Context Readings

The Potter And The Clay

6 As this potter shall I not be able to do to you, O house of Israel? says Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the hand of the potter, thus are ye in my hand, O house of Israel. 7 The moment I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to tear down, and to destroy: 8 And that nation which I spake against it turned back from its evil, and I lamented for the evil which I proposed to do to it.

Cross References

Jeremiah 1:10

See, I appointed thee this day over the nations and over the kingdoms to pluck up and to tear down, and to destroy, and to overthrow, to build and to plant

Jeremiah 12:14-17

Thus said Jehovah concerning all my evil neighbors, those touching upon the inheritance which I caused my people Israel to inherit: behold me tearing them up from their land, and I will tear up the house of Judah from the midst of them.

Jeremiah 25:9-14

Behold me sending, and I took all the families of the north, says Jehovah, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, my servant, and I brought them against this land and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and I devoted them to destruction, and I set them for a desolation and for a hissing, and for perpetual wastes.

Jeremiah 45:4

Thus shalt thou say to him, Thus said Jehovah, Behold, what I built I pulled down, and what I planted I plucked up, and all this land.

Amos 9:8

Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah upon the sinning kingdom, and I destroyed it from the face of the earth; only that destroying, I will not destroy the house of Jacob, says Jehovah.

Jonah 3:4

And Jonah will begin to go in to the city the going of one day, and he will call, and say, Yet forty days and Nineveh being overthrown.

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