Jeremiah 18:17

King James Version (KJV)

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.

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15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

17 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.

18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

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Jeremiah 18:17 in every translation

KJV King James 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.
WEB World English Bible: 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.'
DBY Darby Translation: As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.