25Do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side.


In Context

22 This is what the Lord says: "Look, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is being stirred up from the ends of the earth.

23 They are armed with bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses; they come like men in battle formation to attack you, O Daughter of Zion."

24 We have heard reports about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

25 Do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side.

26 O my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

27 "I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.

Jeremiah 6:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy [and] fear [is] on every side.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:25Go not out into the fields, nor walk in the highway: for the sword of the enemy, and fear is on every side.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, and terror on every side.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:25Don't go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:25Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear is round about.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.