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 your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the coats of mail. 5Why have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and look not back: for fear was on all sides, saith the LORD. Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. 7Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? 8Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will 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

• swiftקַלqal · swiftH7031
• awayנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• manגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• escapeמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• stumbleכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• byיָדyâd · hand: byH3027
• riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578

Cross-references for Jeremiah 46:6

• Judges 4:15And the LORD destroyed Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera came down from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
• Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: 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 men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
• Isaiah 30:16But ye said, No; for 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 2:14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
• Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, 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 land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they have fallen both together.
• Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
• Jeremiah 50:32And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all around him.
• Psalms 27:2When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, 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 be ensnared, and be taken.
• Daniel 11:19Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses 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 him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satisfied and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
• Jeremiah 1:14Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
• Jeremiah 4:6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring 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