Jeremiah 46:17

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“There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’”

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BSBPD

“There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt <FI>is<Fi> a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 46:17 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
  2. 1 Kings 20:10Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
  3. 1 Kings 20:18“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
  4. Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
  5. Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
  6. Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
  7. Isaiah 37:27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
  8. Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
  9. Ezekiel 31:18Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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