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 Living Translation (NLT)“The swiftest runners cannot flee; the mightiest warriors cannot escape. By the Euphrates River to the north, they stumble and fall.

Context of Jeremiah 46:6

4Harness the horses, And mount up, you horsemen! Stand forth with your helmets, Polish the spears, Put on the armor! 5Why 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. “Do not let the swift flee away, Nor the mighty man escape; They will stumble and fall Toward the north, by the River Euphrates. 7“Who is this coming up like a flood, Whose waters move like the rivers? 8Egypt rises up like a flood, And its waters move like the rivers; And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth, I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’

Jeremiah 46:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let not the swiftקַלqal · swiftH7031
• flee awayנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• nor the mighty manגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• escapeמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• they shall stumbleכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• and fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• toward the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• byיָדyâd · hand: byH3027
• the riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:6

• Judges 4:15And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot.
• Psalms 33:16No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by 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 returned and saw under the sun that— The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all.
• Isaiah 30:16And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”— Therefore you shall flee! And, “We will ride on swift horses”— Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!
• Amos 2:14Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor shall the mighty deliver himself;
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said: “Strike the doorposts, that the thresholds may shake, And break them on the heads of them all. I will slay the last of them with the sword. He who flees from them shall not get away, And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.
• Jeremiah 46:12The nations have heard of your shame, And your cry has filled the land; For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty; They both have fallen together.”
• Jeremiah 20:11But the Lord is with me as a mighty, awesome One. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail. They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper. Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten.
• Jeremiah 50:32The most proud shall stumble and fall, And no one will raise him up; I will kindle a fire in his cities, And it will devour all around him.”
• Psalms 27:2When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.
• Isaiah 8:15And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall and be broken, Be snared and taken.”
• Daniel 11:19Then he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
• Jeremiah 46:10For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates.
• Jeremiah 1:14Then the Lord said to me: “Out of the north calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants of the land.
• Jeremiah 4:6Set up the standard toward Zion. Take refuge! Do not delay! For I will bring disaster from the north, And 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