6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.


In Context

3 Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

4 Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

5 Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

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

7 Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

8 Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

Jeremiah 46:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

46:6"The swift cannot flee nor the strong escape. In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

46:6Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong think to escape: they are overthrown, and fallen down, towards the north by the river Euphrates.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:6Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

46:6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled, and fallen.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape! they shall stumble, and fall towards the north by the river Euphrates.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

46:6Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

46:6The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

46:6Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.