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


In Context

3 "Prepare your shields, both large and small, and march out for battle!

4 Harness the horses, mount the steeds! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears, put on your armor!

5 What do I see? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are defeated. They flee in haste without looking back, and there is terror on every side," declares the Lord .

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

7 "Who is this that rises like the Nile, like rivers of surging waters?

8 Egypt rises like the Nile, like rivers of surging waters. She says, 'I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their people.'

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 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 American Standard 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 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.