Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
To drink the waters of the
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the
King James Version
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Holman Bible
by traveling along the way to Egypt
to drink the waters of the Nile?
What will you gain
by traveling along the way to Assyria
to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
International Standard Version
Now, what are you doing on the road to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Nile? And what are you doing on the road to Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
A Conservative Version
And now what have thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
American Standard Version
And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Amplified
“Now what are you doing by going to Egypt [in search of an ally],
To drink the [muddy] waters of the Nile?
Or what are you doing by going to Assyria [in search of an ally],
To drink the [muddy] waters of the Euphrates?
Bible in Basic English
And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?
Darby Translation
And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Julia Smith Translation
And now what to thee for the way of Egypt, to drink the water of Sihor? and what to thee to the way of Amur, to drink the water of the river?
King James 2000
And now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And now {why do you go} the way of Egypt to drink the waters of the Shihor? And {why do you go} the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the {Euphrates}?
Modern King James verseion
And now what is for you toward the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? Or what for you toward Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And what hast thou now to do in the street of Egypt? To drink foul water? Either, what makest thou in the way to Assyria? To drink water of the flood?
NET Bible
What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?
New Heart English Bible
Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore what hast thou to do with the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? Or what hast thou to do with the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Webster
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
World English Bible
Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Youngs Literal Translation
And now, what -- to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what -- to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?
Themes
Assyria » Judah condemned for trusting to
Euphrates, the » Waters of, considered wholesome
Jews, the » Condemned for associating with other nations
Rivers » Useful for » Supplying drink to the people
Sihor » A river of egypt, given by some authorities as the nile river
Interlinear
Mayim
מים
Mayim
water, piss, waters , watersprings, washing, watercourse , waterflood, watering, variant
Usage: 581
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Consequences Of Apostasy
17
By your forsaking the Lord your God
When He
To drink the waters of the
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the
And your
Know therefore and see that it is evil and
For you to forsake the Lord your God,
And
Phrases
Cross References
Joshua 13:3
from the Shihor which is
Isaiah 31:1
And
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not
Jeremiah 2:36
Changing your way?
Also,
As you were put to shame by
Hosea 7:11
They call to
2 Kings 16:7-9
2 Chronicles 28:20-21
So
Isaiah 30:1-7
“Who
And
In order to add sin to sin;
Jeremiah 37:5-10
Meanwhile,
Lamentations 4:17
Looking for
In our watching we have watched
For a
Ezekiel 17:15
But he
Hosea 5:13
And Judah his
Then Ephraim went to
And sent to
But he is
Or to cure you of your