17All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!


In Context

14 How do you say, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

15 Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.

16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.

17 All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

18 You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.

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

Jeremiah 48:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:17Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know her fame; say, 'How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:17Comfort him, all you that are round about him, and all you that know his name, say: How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:17All ye that are about him bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:17Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:17All you that are about him, bemoan him; and all you that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!