19Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ask them, 'What has happened?'


In Context

16 "The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.

17 Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, 'How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!'

18 "Come down from your glory and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitants of the Daughter of Dibon, for he who destroys Moab will come up against you and ruin your fortified cities.

19 Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ask them, 'What has happened?'

20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

21 Judgment has come to the plateau- to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,

Jeremiah 48:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, [and] say, What is done?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:19Stand in the way, and look out, O habitation of Aroer: inquire of him that fleeth: and say to him that hath escaped: What Is done?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:19Stand by the way, and watch, inhabitress of Aroer; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What is done?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:19Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:19On the way stand, and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer, Ask the fugitive and escaped, Say, What hath happened?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that flees, and her that escapes, and say, What is done?