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Read›Jeremiah›Chapter 18

The Potter and the Clay

Jeremiah 18:14

In 11 translations

BSB
Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?
KJV
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?the snow…: or, my fields for a rock, or for the snow of Lebanon? shall the running waters be forsaken for the strange cold waters?
WEB
Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
ASV
Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
LSV
Does snow of Lebanon || Cease from the rock of the field? Will the cold strange [waters] that are flowing be forsaken?
YLT
Doth snow of Lebanon Cease from the rock of the field? Failed are the cold strange waters that flow?
DBY
Shall the snow of Lebanon cease from the rock of the field? Shall the cool flowing waters coming from afar be dried up?
DRC
Shall now the snow of Libanus fail from the rock of the field? or can the cold waters that gush out and run down, be taken away?
GNV
Will a man forsake the snowe of Lebanon, which commeth from the rocke of the fielde? or shall the colde flowing waters, that come from another place, be forsaken?
JPS
Doth the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or are the strange cold flowing waters plucked up?
LXXE
Will fertilising streams fail to flow from a rock, or snow fail from Libanus? will water violently impelled by the wind turn aside?

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Original-language editions

WLC
הֲיַעֲזֹ֥ב מִצּ֛וּר שָׂדַ֖י שֶׁ֣לֶג לְבָנ֑וֹן אִם־יִנָּתְשׁ֗וּ מַ֛יִם זָרִ֥ים קָרִ֖ים נוֹזְלִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Μὴ ἐκλείψουσιν ἀπὸ πέτρας μαστοὶ, ἢ χιὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ Λιβάνου; μὴ ἐκκλίνῃ ὕδωρ βιαίως ἀνέμῳ φερόμενον;

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📍 Lebanon📍 Sirion◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah

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  • John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

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