Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Even all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the mighty
A staff of splendor!’
King James Version
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
Holman Bible
everyone who knows his name.
Say: How the mighty scepter
the glorious staff!
International Standard Version
Mourn for him, all who live around him, and all who know his name. Say, "Oh how the mighty rod is broken, the glorious staff.'
A Conservative Version
All ye who are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye who know his name, say, How the strong staff has broken, the beautiful rod!
American Standard Version
All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
Amplified
“Show sympathy for him, all you [nations] who are around him,
And all you [distant nations] who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the mighty scepter [of national power] been broken,
And the splendid staff [of glory]!’
Bible in Basic English
All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!
Darby Translation
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
Julia Smith Translation
All ye about him, bewail for him; and all ye knowing his name, say, How was the strong rod broken, the beautiful shoot!
King James 2000
All you that are about him, bemoan him; and all you that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
Lexham Expanded Bible
Mourn for him, all his surroundings, and all those who knew his name. Say, 'How [the] staff of might is broken, [the] staff of glory.'
Modern King James verseion
All you who are around him, mourn him. And all you who know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All her neighbours shall mourn for her, and all they that know her name, shall say, 'O how happeneth it, that the strong staff and the goodly rod is thus broken?'
NET Bible
Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say, 'Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!'
New Heart English Bible
All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, "How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod."
The Emphasized Bible
Lament ye for him - All that are round about him, and All that know his name, - Say, How is broken - The staff of strength! The rod of beauty!
Webster
All ye that are about him bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
World English Bible
All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
Youngs Literal Translation
Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.
Interlinear
Cabiyb
Nuwd
Yada`
Shem
Shabar
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
16
The calamity of Moab is near at hand, and his affliction hastens swiftly.
17
Even all of you who know his name;
Say, ‘How has the mighty
A staff of splendor!’
Cross References
Isaiah 9:4
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
Isaiah 10:5
Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!
Isaiah 14:4-5
you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!
Isaiah 16:8
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its branches, which reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert; its shoots spread abroad and passed over the sea.
Jeremiah 9:17-20
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come;
Jeremiah 48:31-33
Therefore I wail for Moab; I cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-hareseth I mourn.
Jeremiah 48:39
How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him."
Ezekiel 19:11-14
Its strong stems became rulers' scepters; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
Zechariah 11:10-14
And I took my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
Revelation 18:14-20
"The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your delicacies and your splendors are lost to you, never to be found again!"