Jeremiah 46:6

Jeremiah 46:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
• New International Version (NIV)“The swift cannot flee nor the strong escape. In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Do not let the swift flee away, Nor the mighty man escape; They will stumble and fall Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.

Context of Jeremiah 46:6

4Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor! 5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD. “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. 7Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn? 8Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’

Jeremiah 46:6 word by word

אַל־יָנ֣וּס הַקַּ֔ל וְאַל־יִמָּלֵ֖ט הַגִּבּ֑וֹר צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ עַל־יַ֣ד נְהַר־פְּרָ֔ת כָּשְׁל֖וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

• The swiftקַלqal · swiftH7031
• cannotאַל'al · notH408
• fleeנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• and the warriorגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• escapeמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• In the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• byעַל‛al · uponH5921
• byיָדyâd · hand: byH3027
• the Riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578
• they stumbleכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• and fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:6

• Judges 4:15And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
• Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
• Psalms 147:10He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
• Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
• Isaiah 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
• Amos 2:14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
• Jeremiah 46:12The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
• Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
• Jeremiah 50:32The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
• Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
• Isaiah 8:15Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
• Daniel 11:19After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
• Jeremiah 46:10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
• Jeremiah 1:14Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
• Jeremiah 4:6Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Let not the swift flee away - Even the swiftest shall not be able to escape. They shall - fall toward the north - By the Euphrates, which was northward of Judea. Here the Egyptian army was routed with great slaughter.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Translate it: “The swift shall not flee away, and the hero shall not escape: in the north on the bank of the river Euphrates they shall stumble and fall.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-12Jeremiah used the outcome of a battle known to Jehoiakim to warn him and the people of Jerusalem. He said Egypt could not protect them from Babylon. Pharaoh Neco believed it was the right time to become the main power in the ancient Near East, so he moved north in 609 BC. Neco spent several years helping parts of the Assyrian army try to stop the Babylonian army's westward advance. However, he was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River in 605 BC…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Let not--equivalent to the strongest negation. Let not any of the Egyptian warriors think to escape by swiftness or by might. toward the north--that is, in respect to Egypt or Judea. In the northward region, by the Euphrates (see Jr 46:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 46:6

• Euphrates
• War

In the dictionaries

• Euphrates River, the River
• Harness
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• North; North Country
• Euphrates
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar
• Pharaoh

Commentaries on Jeremiah 46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings