Jeremiah 42:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’”
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“So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Thus are all the men who have set their faces to enter Egypt to sojourn there; they die--by sword, by hunger, and by pestilence, and there is not to them a remnant and an escaped one, because of the evil that I am bringing in upon them;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 42:17 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 24:10And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
- Jeremiah 42:22Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
- Jeremiah 44:13I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
- Jeremiah 44:28Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
- Ezekiel 11:8You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.
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