Jeremiah 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.
KJV
Non fugiat velox, nec salvari se putet fortis : ad aquilonem juxta flumen Euphraten victi sunt, et ruerunt.
Vulgate
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
ASV
אַל יָנ֣וּס הַ/קַּ֔ל וְ/אַל יִמָּלֵ֖ט הַ/גִּבּ֑וֹר צָפ֨וֹנָ/ה֙ עַל יַ֣ד נְהַר פְּרָ֔ת כָּשְׁל֖וּ וְ/נָפָֽלוּ
Hebrew
Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong think to escape: they are overthrown, and fallen down, towards the north by the river Euphrates.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 11:19 — Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
- Dan 11:19 — Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
- Eccl 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil
- Jer 46:10 — For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for th
- Jer 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.
- Jer 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.
- Jer 46:20 — Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.