Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
King James Version
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
Holman Bible
“Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;
he let the opportune moment pass.”
International Standard Version
There they'll cry out, "Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is just a big noise. He has let the appointed time pass by.'
A Conservative Version
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise. He has let the appointed time pass by.
American Standard Version
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.
Amplified
“They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is destroyed and is merely a loud noise;
He has let the appointed time [of opportunity] pass by!’
Bible in Basic English
Give a name to Pharaoh, king of Egypt: A noise who has let the time go by.
Darby Translation
There did they cry, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the time appointed go by.
Julia Smith Translation
They called there, Pharaoh king of Egypt an uproar; he passed by the appointment
King James 2000
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has passed the time appointed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They will call there, 'Pharaoh, the king of Egypt [is but] a roar, {he missed the opportunity}.'
Modern King James verseion
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is a noise; he has passed the chosen time.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They did cry, even there, 'O Pharaoh king of Egypt, thou troublous king; the time will bring sedition.'
NET Bible
There at home they will say, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise! He has let the most opportune moment pass by.'
New Heart English Bible
They cried there, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.'"
The Emphasized Bible
Proclaim ye a name, - Pharaoh, king of Egypt - a Sound! He hath overstepped the time appointed!
Webster
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
World English Bible
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt is a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time.
Themes
Interlinear
Qara'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 46:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Messages Concerning Egypt
16
He multiplied the fallen; yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people and to the land of our nativity, away from the overcoming sword.
17
He has let the appointed time pass by!’
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 19:11-16
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the counsel of the prudent counsellors of Pharaoh is become carnal; how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of the ancient kings?
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
1 Kings 20:10
And Benhadad sent unto him again and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, that the dust of Samaria shall not be enough for the open hands of all the people that follow me.
1 Kings 20:18
Then he said, If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.
Isaiah 31:3
Now the Egyptian is a man, and not God, and his horses flesh, and not spirit, so that as the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helps shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they shall all fail together.
Isaiah 37:27-29
And their inhabitants, of little strength, dismayed and confounded shall be as the grass of the field and as the green shrub as the grass on the housetops, that before it comes to maturity it is dried up.
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak and say, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.
Ezekiel 31:18
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet thou shalt be cut down with the trees of Eden unto the lower parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, said the Lord GOD.