Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD: 'Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against 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.
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah: Behold, as an eagle he shall fly, and he spread his wings to 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.
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 it is broken down. How they wail. How Moab has turned the back with shame. So shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.' 40 For thus says the LORD: 'Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab. 41 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:49
The LORD will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
Isaiah 8:8
It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.
Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs."
Ezekiel 17:3
and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
Hosea 8:1
"Put the trumpet to your lips. Something like an eagle is over the LORD's house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
Jeremiah 4:13
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us. For we are ruined.
Lamentations 4:19
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Daniel 7:4
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's mind was given to it.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.