Jeremiah 48:40

In 11 translations

BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.

KJV

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

WEB

For Yahweh says: “Behold, he will fly as an eagle, and will spread out his wings against Moab.

ASV

For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

LSV

For thus said YHWH: “Behold, he flees as an eagle, || And has spread his wings to Moab.

YLT

For thus said Jehovah: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.

DBY

For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread forth his wings over Moab.

DRC

Thus saith the Lord: Behold he shall fly as an eagle, and shall stretch forth his wings to Moab.

GNV

For thus saith the Lord, Beholde, he shall flee as an eagle, and shall spread his wings ouer Moab.

JPS

For thus saith the LORD: Behold, he shall swoop as a vulture, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

LXXE31:40

For thus said the Lord;

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WLC

כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֥ה כַנֶּ֖שֶׁר יִדְאֶ֑ה וּפָרַ֥שׂ כְּנָפָ֖יו אֶל־מוֹאָֽב׃

LXX-Br31:40

Ὅτι οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος,

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• Isaiah 8:8It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
• Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
• Jeremiah 49:22Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
• Ezekiel 17:3and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
• Hosea 8:1Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
• Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
• Daniel 7:4The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.
• Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
• Jeremiah 4:13Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

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