6Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.


In Context

3 Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

4 Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

5 Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.

6 Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

7 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

8 Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

46:6"The swift cannot flee nor the strong escape. In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

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 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.