Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.
New American Standard Bible
For she will
And her cities will become a
Without inhabitants in them.
King James Version
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Holman Bible
for she will run away;
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.
International Standard Version
"Put salt on Moab for she will surely fall. Her towns will become desolate places, without any inhabitants in them.
A Conservative Version
Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away. And her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
American Standard Version
Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Amplified
“Give a gravestone to Moab,
For she will fall into ruins;
Her cities (pastures, farms) will be desolate,
Without anyone to live in them.
Bible in Basic English
Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.
Darby Translation
Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye shall give a wing to Moab, that fleeing she shall go forth: for her cities shall be for a desolation, from none dwelling in them.
King James 2000
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Give salt for Moab, for certainly she will go to ruin, and her towns will become as a desolation, {without} an inhabitant in them.
Modern King James verseion
Give wings to Moab so that it may flee and get away; for its cities shall be a desert, without an inhabitant in them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Make a token unto Moab, that she get her away speedily: for her cities shall be made so desolate, that no man shall dwell therein.
NET Bible
Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited."
New Heart English Bible
Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.'
The Emphasized Bible
Give wing to Moab, For she must, fly away; And her cities To desolation, shall be turned, With no inhabitant therein.
Webster
Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.
World English Bible
Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
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Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
8 And come in doth a spoiler unto every city, And no city doth escape, And perished hath the valley, And destroyed been the plain, as Jehovah said. 9 Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them. 10 Cursed is he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed is he Who is withholding his sword from blood.
Cross References
Psalm 11:1
To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?
Isaiah 16:2
And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, at fords of Arnon.
Jeremiah 48:28
Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth.
Psalm 55:6
And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,
Jeremiah 46:19
Goods for removal make for thee, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph becometh a desolation, And hath been burnt up, without inhabitant.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation -- unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.
Revelation 12:14
and there were given to the woman two wings of the great eagle, that she may fly to the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent;