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Jeremiah 46:12

The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

KJV

Audierunt gentes ignominiam tuam, et ululatus tuus replevit terram : quia fortis impegit in fortem, et ambo pariter conciderunt.

Vulgate

The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

ASV

שָׁמְע֤וּ גוֹיִם֙ קְלוֹנֵ֔/ךְ וְ/צִוְחָתֵ֖/ךְ מָלְאָ֣ה הָ/אָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי גִבּ֤וֹר בְּ/גִבּוֹר֙ כָּשָׁ֔לוּ יַחְדָּ֖יו נָפְל֥וּ שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy howling hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ
ykshlv
verb · 64×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
צְוָחָ֥ה
tsvchh
noun · 4×
קָל֥וֹן
qlvn
noun · 17×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 19:2 — And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
  • Jer 14:2 — Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
  • Jer 46:6 — Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
  • Jer 46:6 — Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
  • Nah 2:5 — He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
  • Nah 3:8 — Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?