Jeremiah 48:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.”

Jeremiah 48:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 48:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 48:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Flee! Save your lives! Be like the juniper bush in the wilderness.”

Jeremiah 48:6 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 48:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. ”

Jeremiah 48:6 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 48:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Flee ye, deliver yourselves, Ye are as a naked thing in a wilderness.”

Jeremiah 48:6 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 48:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Flee, save your lives, and be like a shrub in the wilderness. ”

Jeremiah 48:6 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 48:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Flee and saue your liues, and be like vnto the heath in the wildernesse.”

Jeremiah 48:6 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 48:6 in Context — Jeremiah 48

4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.

6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken.

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What Does Jeremiah 48:6 Mean?

Jeremiah 48:6 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 48. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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