Jeremiah 48:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.Or Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away

KJV

Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

WEB

Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get herself away: and her cities will become a desolation, without anyone to dwell in them.

ASV

Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

LSV

Give wings to Moab, that she may go forth and flee away, || And her cities are for a desolation, || Without an inhabitant in them.

YLT

Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.

DBY

Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.

DRC

Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall go out: and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and uninhabited.

GNV

Giue wings vnto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shalbe desolate, without any to dwell therein.

JPS

Give wings unto Moab, for she must fly and get away; and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

LXXE31:9

Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague-spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence shall there be an inhabitant for her?

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WLC

תְּנוּ־צִ֣יץ לְמוֹאָ֔ב כִּ֥י נָצֹ֖א תֵּצֵ֑א וְעָרֶ֨יהָ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ינָה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בָּהֵֽן׃

LXX-Br31:9

Δότε σημεῖα τῇ Μωὰβ, ὅτι ἁφῇ ἁφθήσεται, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ πόλεις αὐτῆς εἰς ἄβατον ἔσονται· πόθεν ἔνοικος αὐτῇ;

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• Jeremiah 48:28Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
• Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
• Isaiah 16:2Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
• Revelation 12:14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
• Jeremiah 46:19Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
• Psalms 55:6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My…

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