An Invasion from the North
Jeremiah 6:25
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
- KJV
- Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
- WEB
- Don’t go out into the field or walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror are on every side.
- ASV
- Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.
- LSV
- Do not go forth to the field, || And do not walk in the way, || For the enemy has a sword, || Fear [is] all around.
- YLT
- Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear [is] round about.
- DBY
- Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for [there is] the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.
- DRC
- Go not out into the fields, nor walk in the highway: for the sword of the enemy, and fear is on every side.
- GNV
- Goe not foorth into the fielde, nor walke by the way: for the sword of the enemie and feare is on euery side.
- JPS
- Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, and terror on every side.
- LXXE
- Go not forth into the field, and walk not in the ways; for the sword of the enemy lingers round about.
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- Written (Ketiv): תֵּצְאִי (“you go out”). Read aloud (Qere): תֵּֽצְאוּ֙ (“you go out”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): תֵּלֵכִי (“you walk”). Read aloud (Qere): תֵּלֵ֑כוּ (“you walk”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads תֵּֽצְאיּ֙; read aloud (Qere) reads תֵּֽצְאוּ֙ (“you go out”).
- Leningrad Codex reads תֵּלֵ֑כיּ; read aloud (Qere) reads תֵּלֵ֑כוּ (“you walk”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַל־תצאי הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וּבַדֶּ֖רֶךְ אַל־תלכי כִּ֚י חֶ֣רֶב לְאֹיֵ֔ב מָג֖וֹר מִסָּבִֽיב׃Read aloud as (qere): תֵּֽצְאוּ֙Read aloud as (qere): תֵּלֵ֑כוּ
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἐκπορεύεσθε εἰς ἀγρὸν, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς μὴ βαδίζετε, ὅτι ῥομφαία τῶν ἐχθρῶν παροικεῖ κυκλόθεν.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 49:29They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
- Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
- Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
- Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our…
- Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Judges 5:6–7In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways. Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
- Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
- Jeremiah 20:3–4The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib. For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to…
- Jeremiah 4:10Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
- Jeremiah 4:5Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
- 2 Chronicles 15:5In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).