Jeremiah 18:17

World English Bible (WEB)

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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15 For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,

16 to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.

17 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.

18 Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”

19 Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

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Jeremiah 18:17 in every translation

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.
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.
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.