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, and mount ye horsemen, and stand forth with helmets; polish the spears, put on the coats of mail! 5Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and take to flight, and look not back? Terror [is] on every side, saith Jehovah. Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! — Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen. 7Who is this [that] riseth up as the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers? 8It is Egypt that riseth up as the Nile, and [his] waters toss themselves like the rivers; and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

Jeremiah 46:6 word by word

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

• swiftקַלqal · swiftH7031
• fleeנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• escapeמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578
• stumbledכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:6

• Judges 4:15And Jehovah discomfited Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera got down from [his] chariot, and fled on foot.
• Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of [his] forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
• Psalms 147:10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;
• Ecclesiastes 9:11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
• Isaiah 30:16And ye said, No, but we will flee upon horses, — therefore shall ye flee; and, We will ride upon the swift, — therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
• Amos 2:14And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the chapiter that the thresholds may shake; and break all of them in pieces, in the head; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not get away by flight, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
• Jeremiah 46:12The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the earth; for the mighty man stumbleth against the mighty, they are both fallen together.
• Jeremiah 20:11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty terrible one; therefore my persecutors shall stumble and shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed, for they have not prospered: it shall be an everlasting confusion that shall not be forgotten.
• Jeremiah 50:32and the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; yea, I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.
• Psalms 27:2When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
• Isaiah 8:15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
• Daniel 11:19And he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; and he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
• Jeremiah 46:10For this is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may be avenged of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be sated and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country, by the river Euphrates.
• Jeremiah 1:14And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
• Jeremiah 4:6Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great 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