English Standard Version
Jeremiah 46:5
5Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back— terror on every side! declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 46:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)What do I see? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are defeated. They flee in haste without looking back, and there is terror on every side,” declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? Their mighty ones are beaten down; They have speedily fled, And did not look back, For fear was all around,” says the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But what do I see? The Egyptian army flees in terror. The bravest of its fighting men run without a backward glance. They are terrorized at every turn,” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 46:5
3"Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle! 4Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your armor! Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back— terror on every side! declares the Lord. 6"The swift cannot flee away, nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen. 7"Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
Read all of Jeremiah 46Jeremiah 46:5 word by word
מַדּ֣וּעַ רָאִ֗יתִי הֵ֣מָּה חַתִּים֮ נְסֹגִ֣ים אָחוֹר֒ וְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶ֣ם יֻכַּ֔תּוּ וּמָנ֥וֹס נָ֖סוּ וְלֹ֣א הִפְנ֑וּ מָג֥וֹר מִסָּבִ֖יב נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Wherefore have I seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- them dismayedחַתchath · shatteredH2844
- turnedסוּגsûg · to turnH5472
- away backאָחוֹר'âchôr 'âchôr · backH268
- and their mighty onesגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
- are beaten downכָּתַתkâthath · to crushH3807
- and are fledנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
- apaceמָנוֹסmânôs · refugeH4498
- and look not backפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
- fearמָגוֹרmâgôr mâgûr · terrorH4032
- round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
- saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:5
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,
- Jeremiah 46:15Why are your mighty ones face down? They do not stand because the Lord thrust them down.
- Genesis 19:17And as they brought them out, one said, "Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away."
- 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us."
- Nahum 2:8Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry, but none turns back.
- Jeremiah 6:25Go not out into the field, nor walk on the road, for the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
- Jeremiah 20:3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, "The Lord does not call your name Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side.
- Jeremiah 49:29Their tents and their flocks shall be taken, their curtains and all their goods; their camels shall be led away from them, and men shall cry to them: 'Terror on every side!'
- Isaiah 19:16In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them.
- Ezekiel 32:10I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 46:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Wherefore have I seen them dismayed - What! such a numerous, formidable, and well-appointed army panic-struck? So that they have turned back - fled apace, and looked not round; while their mighty ones - their generals and commanders, striving to rally them, are beaten down.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Literally, “Why have I seen? They are terror-stricken! they are giving way back!” The Egyptian host feels that the battle is lost, and overborne by the enemy loses heart, and in despair, yet not without a struggle, gives way. It is remarkable, that while Jeremiah in his warning addressed to Jerusalem uses the most simple and unadorned prose, his language concerning the Gentile nations is, on the contrary, full of brilliant poetry. Look not back - turn not…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. 55. (See on Jr 46:3). The language of astonishment, that an army so well equipped should be driven back in "dismay." The prophet sees this in prophetic vision. fled apace--literally, "fled a flight," that is, flee precipitately. look not back--They do not even dare to look back at their pursuers.Read the comment
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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
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