Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.
New American Standard Bible
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have
King James Version
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Holman Bible
and the warrior cannot escape!
In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,
they stumble and fall.
International Standard Version
"The swift cannot flee, nor can the strong escape. In the north, beside the Euphrates River, they stumble and fall.
A Conservative Version
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
American Standard Version
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
Amplified
Do not let the swift man run,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north by the river Euphrates
They have stumbled and fallen.
Bible in Basic English
Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.
Julia Smith Translation
The swift shall not flee away, and the strong shall not escape: to the north upon the hand of the river Phrath they stumbled and fell
King James 2000
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape. They have stumbled and they have fallen, by the bank of the Euphrates River.
Modern King James verseion
Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. They stumbled and fell toward the north, by the side of the river Euphrates.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The lightest of foot shall not flee away, and the worthies shall not escape. Toward the north by the water of Euphrates, they shall stumble and fall.
NET Bible
But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they stumble and fall in defeat.
New Heart English Bible
"Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
The Emphasized Bible
Let not the swift, flee, Nor let the hero, escape, - Northward, beside the river Euphrates, have they stumbled, and fallen.
Webster
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape! they shall stumble, and fall towards the north by the river Euphrates.
World English Bible
Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
Youngs Literal Translation
The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.
Themes
Egypt » Prophecies respecting » Armies destroyed by babylon
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 46:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Messages Concerning Egypt
5 Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and take to flight, and look not back? Terror is on every side, saith Jehovah. 6 Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen. 7 Who is this that riseth up as the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Daniel 11:19
And he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; and he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
Jeremiah 46:12
The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the earth; for the mighty man stumbleth against the mighty, they are both fallen together.
Judges 4:15-21
And the LORD routed Sis'era and all his chariots and all his army before Barak at the edge of the sword; and Sis'era alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.
Psalm 27:2
When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 33:16-17
The king is not saved by the multitude of his forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalm 147:10-11
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Isaiah 8:15
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isaiah 30:16-17
And ye said, No, but we will flee upon horses, therefore shall ye flee; and, We will ride upon the swift, therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Jeremiah 1:14
And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Jeremiah 4:6
Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 20:11
But Jehovah is with me as a mighty terrible one; therefore my persecutors shall stumble and shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed, for they have not prospered: it shall be an everlasting confusion that shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual wastes.
Jeremiah 46:10
For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may be avenged of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be sated and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country, by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah 46:16
He made many to stumble, yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
Jeremiah 50:32
and the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; yea, I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.
Daniel 11:22
And the overflowing forces shall be overflowed from before him, and shall be broken: yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Amos 2:14-15
And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
Amos 9:1-3
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the chapiter that the thresholds may shake; and break all of them in pieces, in the head; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not get away by flight, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.