17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.


In Context

14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and wag his head.

17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

Jeremiah 18:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:17Like a wind from the east, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back and not my face in the day of their disaster."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:17As a burning will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will look upon their back, and not their face, in the day of their calamity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:17As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.