Jeremiah 46:5 KJV

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.

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

  • The defeat of the EgyptiansThe whole word of God is against those who obey not the gospel of Christ; but it is for those, even of the Gentiles, who turn to Him. The prophecy begins...

Thompson Chains

  • TerrorSee the chain from Leviticus 26:36 · 8 links

Parallel Passages

  • Genesis 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
  • 1 Samuel 17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
  • Isaiah 5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Jeremiah 6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
  • Jeremiah 49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
  • Jeremiah 46:21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
  • Genesis 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
  • 2 Kings 7:6–7 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. …

From OpenBible.info, most relevant first.

Topics

  • Egypt Prophecies against
  • Euphrates Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt, made conquest to
  • War Evils of

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Wherefore have I seen מַדּוּעַ maddûaʿ Interrogative רָאִיתִי rāʾîtî רָאָה Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
  • them dismayed הֵמָּה hēmmâ Pronoun · third person masculine plural חַתִּים ḥattîm חַת Adjective · masculine plural
  • turned נְסֹגִים nĕsōgîm סוּג Verb · niphal active participle, masculine plural
  • away back אָחוֹר ʾāḥôr אָחוֹר Noun · masculine singular
  • and their mighty ones וְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶם wĕgibbôrêhem גִּבּוֹר Adjective · masculine plural construct · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural
  • are beaten down יֻכַּתּוּ yukkattû כָּתַת Verb · hophal imperfect, third person masculine plural
  • and are fled נָסוּ nāsû נוּס Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
  • apace וּמָנוֹס ûmānôs מָנוֹס Noun · masculine singular · with and
  • and look not back וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and הִפְנוּ hipnû פָּנָה Verb · hiphil perfect, third person common plural
  • fear מָגוֹר māgôr מָגוֹר Noun · masculine singular
  • round about מִסָּבִיב missābîb סָבִיב Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition
  • saith נְאֻם nĕʾum נְאֻם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

Notes, marks, and bookmarks on this verse are in the KJV Bible app.