Jeremiah 48:43

Amplified Bible

"Terror and pit and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab," says the LORD.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Panic, pit, and trapawait you, resident of Moab.

Hebrew Names Version
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant of Mo'av, says the LORD.

King James Version
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord .

English Standard Version
Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! declares the Lord .

New American Standard Bible
"Terror, pit, and snare are coming upon you, Inhabitant of Moab," declares the LORD.

New Century Version
Fear, deep pits, and traps wait for you, people of Moab," says the Lord .

World English Bible
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Feare, and pit and snare shall be vpon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
Panic and pit and pitfall are coming upon you,O inhabitant of Moab," declares Yahweh.

Berean Standard Bible
Terror, pit, and snare await you, O resident of Moab, declares the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
Terror, pits, and traps are waiting for you.

Complete Jewish Bible
Terror, pit and trap are upon you, people of Mo'av," says Adonai .

Darby Translation
Fear, and the pit, and the snare shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord says: "People of Moab, fear, deep holes, and traps wait for you.

George Lamsa Translation
Terror and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the LORD.

Good News Translation
Terror, pits, and traps are waiting for the people of Moab. The Lord has spoken.

Lexham English Bible
Dread, and pit, and a trapping net are against you, O inhabitant of Moab," declares Yahweh.

Literal Translation
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be on you, O one living in Moab, declares Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Feare, pyt, and snare shall come vpo the (o Moab) saieth the LORDE.

American Standard Version
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
Feare, and the pit, and the snare shall be vpon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Feare, pit, and snare, shall come vpon thee O Moab, saith the Lorde.

English Revised Version
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Drede, and diche, and snare is on thee, thou dwellere of Moab, seith the Lord.

Update Bible Version
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, O inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.

New English Translation
Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the Lord , affirm it!

New King James Version
Fear and the pit and the snare shall be upon you, O inhabitant of Moab," says the LORD.

New Living Translation
"Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, O Moab," says the Lord .

New Life Bible
Fear, traps and nets are coming upon you, O you who live in Moab," says the Lord.

New Revised Standard
Terror, pit, and trap are before you, O inhabitants of Moab! says the Lord .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Terror and pit and snare are upon thee O inhabitant of Moab Declareth Yahweh:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Fear, and the pit, and the snare come upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! says the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [are] for thee, O inhabitant of Moab -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

THE MESSAGE
"Terror and pit and trap are what you have facing you, Moab." God 's Decree. "A man running in terror will fall into a trap. A man climbing out of a pit will be caught in a trap. This is my agenda for Moab on doomsday." God 's Decree.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Terror, pit and snare are coming upon you, O inhabitant of Moab," declares the LORD.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴"How can you say, 'We are great warriors And valiant men in war?' ¹⁵"Moab has been made desolate and his cities have gone up [in smoke and flame]; And his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter," Says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. ¹⁶"The destruction of Moab will come soon, And his disaster hurries quickly. ¹⁷"Show sympathy for him, all you [nations] who are around him, And all you [distant nations] who know his name; Say, 'How has the mighty scepter [of national power] been broken, And the splendid staff [of glory]!' ¹⁸"Come down from your glory, O Daughter living in Dibon, And sit on the parched ground [among the thirsty]! For the destroyer of Moab has advanced against you; He has destroyed your strongholds. ¹⁹"O inhabitant of Aroer, Stand by the road and keep watch! Ask [of] him who flees and [ask of] her who escapes, Saying, 'What has happened?' ²⁰"Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered. Wail and cry out! Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed. ²¹"Judgment has come on [the land of] the plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and against Mephaath, ²²against Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, ²³against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:23-25, Psalms 11:6, Isaiah 24:17, Isaiah 24:18, Lamentations 3:47

Reciprocal: Job 20:24 - flee from Isaiah 15:9 - more Ezekiel 15:7 - they shall Amos 5:19 - As if Luke 21:35 - as

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, [shall be] upon thee,.... A proverbial expression, showing, that if they escaped one danger, or sore judgment, they should fall into another and greater: the words seem to be taken from Isaiah 24:17;

Isaiah 24:17- :;

O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord; what in the prophecy of Isaiah is said of the inhabitants of the earth in general, is here applied to the inhabitants of Moab in particular.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 48:43. Fear, and the pit, and the snare — See the note on Isaiah 24:17-18.