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


In Context

37 For every head is bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins — sackcloth.

38 On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it — is lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.

39 How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her.

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

41 Captured have been the cities, And the strongholds are caught, And the heart of the mighty of Moab Hath been in that day as the heart of a distressed woman.

42 And Moab hath been destroyed from being a people, For against Jehovah he exerted himself.

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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