Jeremiah 46:6

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““The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.”

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BSBPD

““The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 46:6 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 4:15And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
  2. 2 Kings 23:29At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
  3. 2 Kings 24:7Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
  4. Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
  5. Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
  6. Psalms 147:10He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.
  7. Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
  8. Isaiah 8:15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
  9. Isaiah 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
  10. Jeremiah 1:14Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
  11. Jeremiah 4:6Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
  12. Jeremiah 6:1“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
  13. Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
  14. Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
  15. Jeremiah 46:10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
  16. Jeremiah 46:12The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
  17. Jeremiah 46:16They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
  18. Jeremiah 50:32The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
  19. Daniel 11:19After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
  20. Daniel 11:22Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
  21. Amos 2:14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
  22. Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

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