9Why are you like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? You are among us, O Lord , and we bear your name; do not forsake us!


In Context

6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyesight fails for lack of pasture."

7 Although our sins testify against us, O Lord , do something for the sake of your name. For our backsliding is great; we have sinned against you.

8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?

9 Why are you like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? You are among us, O Lord , and we bear your name; do not forsake us!

10 This is what the Lord says about this people: "They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the Lord does not accept them; he will now remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins."

11 Then the Lord said to me, "Do not pray for the well-being of this people.

Jeremiah 14:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man [that] cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, [art] in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:9Why wilt thou be as a wandering man, as a mighty man that cannot save? but thou, O Lord, art among us, and thy name is called upon by us, forsake us not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:9Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:9Why wilt thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name: leave us not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:9Why shouldst thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:9Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can't save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; don't leave us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:9Why art Thou as one dumb? As a mighty one not able to save? And Thou art in our midst, O Jehovah, And Thy name over us is called, leave us not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:9Why should you be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet you, O LORD, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name; leave us not.