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Bishop's Bible

Jeremiah 48:43

Feare, pit, and snare, shall come vpon thee O Moab, saith the Lorde.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Exaltation;   Snares;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Moabites;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chemosh;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hunt;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Madmen;   Moab, Moabites;   Obadiah, Book of;   Pit;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nebo;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon ammonites children of ammon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hunting;   Pit;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jeremiah, Book of;  

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 .
Amplified Bible
"Terror and pit and snare are before you, O inhabitant 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.
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 Wherefore do ye thinke thus: we are mightie and strong men of warre? 15 Moab is destroyed, and her cities brent vp, her chosen young men be slayne, saith the kyng whose name is the Lorde of hoastes. 16 The destruction of Moab commeth on a pace, and her fall is at hande. 17 All ye neighbours mourne for her, and all ye that knowe her name, say, O howe happeneth it that the strong staffe and the goodly rodde is thus broken? 18 And thou daughter Dibon, come downe from thy glory, and sit in thyrst: for he that destroyeth Moab, shall come vp to thee also, and breake downe thy strong holdes. 19 And thou that dwellest in Aroer, get thee to the streete, and looke about thee, aske them that are fled and escaped, and say, What thing is happened? 20 Oh Moab is confounded and ouercome: mourne and crye, tell it out at Arnon, that Moab is destroyed. 21 For iudgement shall come vpon the playne lande [namely] vpon Holon, and Iahzah, and vpon Mephaath. 22 And vpon Dibon, vpon Nabo, and Beth Deblathaim, 23 Upon Kiriathaim, and vpon Beth Gamul, vpon Beth Maon,

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.


 
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