Jeremiah 13:24

In 11 translations

BSB

“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

KJV

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

WEB

“Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

ASV

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.

LSV

And I scatter them as stubble, || Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

YLT

And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

DBY

And I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

DRC

And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.

GNV

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that is taken away with the South winde.

JPS

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

LXXE

So I scattered them as sticks carried by the wind into the wilderness.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם כְּקַשׁ־עוֹבֵ֑ר לְר֖וּחַ מִדְבָּֽר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ διέσπειρα αὐτοὺς, ὡς φρύγανα φερόμενα ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εἰς ἔρημον.

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• Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
• Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
• Ezekiel 5:12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
• Ezekiel 5:2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind.…
• Hosea 13:3Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
• Isaiah 41:16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
• Ezekiel 17:21All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
• Jeremiah 4:11–12At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift; a wind too strong for that comes…
• Ezekiel 6:8Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.
• Zephaniah 2:2before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
• Deuteronomy 4:27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
• Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
• Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Isaiah 17:13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
• Psalms 83:13–15Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

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