Jeremiah 18:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Like an east wind, I will scatter them before their enemies. I will show them My back and not My face on the day of their calamity.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will scatter{H6327} them as with an east{H6921} wind{H7307} before{H6440} the enemy;{H341} I will show{H7200} them the back,{H6203} and not the face,{H6440} in the day{H3117} of their calamity.{H343}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will scatter{H6327}{(H8686)} them as with an east{H6921} wind{H7307} before{H6440} the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}; I will shew{H7200}{(H8799)} them the back{H6203}, and not the face{H6440}, in the day{H3117} of their calamity{H343}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    With an East wynde will I scatre the, before their enemies. And when their destruction cometh, I will turne my backe vpo them, but not my face.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I will scatter them with an East winde before the enemie: I will shewe them the backe, and not the face in the day of their destruction.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    With an east wynde wyll I scatter them before their enemies: and when their destruction commeth, I wil turne my backe vpon them, but not my face.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 13:24 : 24 Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
  • Jer 2:27 : 27 Saying to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
  • Hos 13:15 : 15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
  • Job 27:21 : 21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs; and as a storm hurls him out of his place.
  • Ps 48:7 : 7 You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
  • Jer 32:33 : 33 And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.
  • Jer 46:21 : 21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also have turned back, and have fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity has come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
  • Prov 7:25-26 : 25 Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths. 26 For she has cast down many wounded; indeed, many strong men have been slain by her.
  • Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, even wood and stone.
  • Deut 31:17 : 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
  • Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belong vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • Judg 10:13-14 : 13 Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore, I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    79%

    24 Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

  • Ezek 12:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

    15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

  • Jer 18:16
    78%

    16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; everyone that passes by shall be astonished, and shake his head.

  • Jer 9:16
    78%

    16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

  • Zech 7:14
    77%

    14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.

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    33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

  • Jer 24:9
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    9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their harm, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.

  • Jer 29:18
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    18 And I will pursue them with the sword, famine, and pestilence, and will deliver them to be moved to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them.

  • Jer 15:7
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    7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they do not return from their ways.

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    32 And their camels shall be a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle a booty: and I will scatter to all winds those in the farthest corners, and I will bring their calamity from all sides, says the LORD.

  • Deut 31:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

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    75%

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    4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

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  • Job 21:18
    74%

    18 They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.

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    74%

    26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

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    73%

    12 Therefore, you shall make them turn their back; you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against their face.

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    73%

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    72%

    42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind: I cast them out like dirt in the streets.

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    23 I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

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    7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of those who seek their lives: and their corpses will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

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    14 Moreover I will make you a waste, and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by.

  • Hos 13:3
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    15 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and disperse you in the countries, and will purge your filthiness out of you.

  • Jer 4:11-12
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    11 At that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

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    16 You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.