King James Version
Jeremiah 46:6 in the King James Version says “Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphr...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 46 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.”
Jeremiah 46:6 · KJV
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. beaten: Heb. broken in pieces fled: Heb. fled a flight
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“flee away”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“escape”
H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth youn
“toward the north”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“by”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“the river”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
“they shall stumble”
H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
“and fall”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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