Jeremiah 46:15

In 11 translations

BSB

Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.

KJV

Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

WEB

Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.

ASV

Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.

LSV

Why has your bull been swept away? He has not stood, because YHWH thrust him away.

YLT

Wherefore hath thy bull been swept away? He hath not stood, because Jehovah thrust him away.

DBY

Why are thy valiants swept away? They stood not, for Jehovah did thrust them down.

DRC

Why are thy valiant men come to nothing? they stood not: because the Lord hath overthrown them.

GNV

Why are thy valiant men put backe? they could not stand, because the Lord did driue them.

JPS

Why is thy strong one overthrown? He stood not, because the LORD did thrust him down.

LXXE26:15

Wherefore has Apis fled from thee? thy choice calf has not remained; for the Lord has utterly weakened him.

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WLC

מַדּ֖וּעַ נִסְחַ֣ף אַבִּירֶ֑יךָ לֹ֣א עָמַ֔ד כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֲדָפֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br26:15

Διατί ἔφυγεν ἀπὸ σοῦ ὁ Ἄπις; ὁ μόσχος ὁ ἐκλεκτός σου οὐκ ἔμεινεν· ὅτι Κύριος παρέλυσεν αὐτόν.

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• Isaiah 66:15–16For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh,…
• Psalms 68:2As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
• Jeremiah 46:5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
• Psalms 18:39You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
• Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
• Deuteronomy 11:23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
• Judges 5:20–21From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera. The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
• Psalms 114:2–7Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you…
• Jeremiah 46:21Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them— the time of their punishment.
• Psalms 44:2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
• Exodus 6:1But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

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