Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O Moab is confounded and overcome. Mourn and cry, tell it out at Arnon, that Moab is destroyed.
New American Standard Bible
Wail and cry out;
Declare by the
That Moab has been destroyed.
King James Version
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Holman Bible
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
International Standard Version
Moab will be put to shame, for it will be destroyed. Wail and cry out. Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
A Conservative Version
Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down. Wail and cry, tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
American Standard Version
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Amplified
“Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered.
Wail and cry out!
Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon
That Moab has been destroyed.
Bible in Basic English
Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.
Darby Translation
Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Julia Smith Translation
Moab was ashamed; for she was broken down: wail, ye, and cry; announce in Arnon that Moab was laid waste,
King James 2000
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Moab is ashamed, for it is filled with terror. Wail and cry out, tell [it] by Arnon that Moab is devastated.
Modern King James verseion
Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down. Howl and cry! Tell it in Arnon that Moab is stripped.
NET Bible
They will answer, 'Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.'
New Heart English Bible
"Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste."
The Emphasized Bible
Confounded is Moab! For it is broken down! Howl and make outcry, - Tell ye in Arnon, That Moab is spoiled;
Webster
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
World English Bible
Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
Youngs Literal Translation
Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,
Interlinear
Chathath
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
19 And thou that dwellest in Aroer, get thee to the street, and look about thee: ask them that are fled and escaped, and say, 'What thing is happened?' 20 O Moab is confounded and overcome. Mourn and cry, tell it out at Arnon, that Moab is destroyed. 21 And misery shall come upon the plain land: Namely, upon Holon, and Jahzah, upon Mephaath
Cross References
Isaiah 16:2
For as for the daughters of Moab, they shall be as a trembling bird, that is put out of her nest: for they shall carry them unto Arnon.
Numbers 21:13-14
And they departed thence and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which river is in the wilderness, and cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Numbers 21:26-28
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites which Sihon had fought before with the king of the Moabites, and had taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
Deuteronomy 2:36
from Aroer upon the brink of the river of Arnon, and the city in the river, unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us. The LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Joshua 13:9
from Aroer that lieth on the brim of the river Arnon, with the city in the midst of the river. And all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
Judges 11:18
And then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came along by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of the river of Arnon, and came not within the coasts of the Moabites: for Arnon was their utmost border.
Isaiah 15:1-5
This is the heavy burden upon Moab: Ar of Moab was destroyed and overthrown in the night season: Kir also, in Moab, perished in the night and vanished away.
Isaiah 15:8
For the cry went over the whole land of Moab: from Eglaim unto Beerelim, was there nothing but mourning.
Isaiah 16:7-11
Therefore shall Moab make lamentation because of the Moabites that shall be slain: yea, they shall wail all together. Because of the foundations of the city of brick shall ye complain, even ye lame people that are left only behind.
Jeremiah 48:1-5
Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel against Moab, "Woe be to the city of Nebo, for it shall be laid waste, brought to confusion and taken. Yea the strong city of Kiriathaim shall be brought to shame, and afraid.