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Jeremiah 48:40

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

KJV

Hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce quasi aquila volabit, et extendet alas suas ad Moab.

Vulgate

For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

ASV

כִּי כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֥ה כַ/נֶּ֖שֶׁר יִדְאֶ֑ה וּ/פָרַ֥שׂ כְּנָפָ֖י/ו אֶל מוֹאָֽב

Hebrew

Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
ו
v
noun · 110×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִדְאֶ֖ה
yd'h
verb · 4×
יִּפְרֹ֥שׂ
yprsh
verb · 67×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
נֶּ֨שֶׁר֙
nshr
noun · 26×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Deut 28:49 — The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
  • Deut 28:49 — The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
  • Ezek 17:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
  • Ezek 17:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
  • Hos 8:1 — Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
  • Isa 8:8 — And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
  • Jer 49:22 — Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
  • Jer 49:22 — Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.