40For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.


In Context

37 For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.

38 On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.

39 How is it broken down! how do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.

40 For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

41 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

42 Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh.

Jeremiah 48:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:40For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:40This is what the Lord says: "Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:40Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:40For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:40For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread forth his wings over Moab.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:40For thus saith the LORD: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:40For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:40For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:40For thus said the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.