Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah: Behold, as an eagle he shall fly, and he spread his wings to Moab.
New American Standard Bible
For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, one will
And
King James Version
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Holman Bible
For this is what the Lord says:
and spread his wings against Moab.
International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD says: "Look, like an eagle one will fly swiftly and spread his wings against Moab.
A Conservative Version
For thus says LORD: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
Amplified
For thus says the Lord:
And spread out his wings against Moab.
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Moab.
Darby Translation
For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread forth his wings over Moab.
King James 2000
For thus says the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle. and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For thus says Yahweh, "Look, like an eagle he will swoop down, and he will spread out his wings against Moab.
Modern King James verseion
For so says Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly like an eagle and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, the enemy shall come flying as an Eagle, and spread his wings upon Moab.
NET Bible
For the Lord says, "Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings a nation will swoop down on Moab.
New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD: 'Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
The Emphasized Bible
For, thus, saith Yahweh, Lo! as an eagle, shall one dart along, - And shall spread out his wings towards Moab.
Webster
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
World English Bible
For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.
Themes
Armies » Marched » With rapidity
Armies » Called the » Wings of a nation
Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
39 How was it broken they wailed; how did Moab turn back the neck with shame and Moab was for derision and for terror to all round about him. 40 For thus said Jehovah: Behold, as an eagle he shall fly, and he spread his wings to Moab. 41 Kerioth was taken, and the fastnesses were seized, and the heart of the strong ones of Moab in that day was as the heart of a woman being distressed.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:49
Jehovah shall raise up against thee a nation from far off, from the extremity of the earth, as the eagle shall fly, whose tongue thou shalt not hear;
Isaiah 8:8
And he went in Judah; and he overflowed and passed through; he will reach even to the neck; and the expansion of his wings was the fulness of the land, God with us.
Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, as the eagle he shall come up and fly and spread his wings over Bozrah, and the heart of the strong of Edom was in that day as the heart of a woman being distressed.
Ezekiel 17:3
And say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle great of wings, long of the wing-feather, full of feathers, which to him variegation, came to Lebanon, and he will take the foliage of the cedar.
Hosea 8:1
The trumpet to thy mouth: as an eagle upon the house of Jehovah, because they passed by my covenant and they transgressed against my laws.
Jeremiah 4:13
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots as the whirlwind: his horses were swift above eagles. Wo to us for we were laid waste.
Lamentations 4:19
They pursuing us were swift above the eagle of the heavens: they burned after us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the desert
Daniel 7:4
The first as a lion, and the wings of an eagle to it; I was seeing even till its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and upon its feet it was caused to stand as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Habakkuk 1:8
And his horses were swift above panthers, and they were sharp above the wolves of the evening: and his horsemen were spread, and his horsemen shall come from far off; they shall fly as the eagle hastening to eat