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New King James Version

Jeremiah 49:29

Their tents and their flocks they shall take away. They shall take for themselves their curtains, All their vessels and their camels; And they shall cry out to them, "Fear is on every side!'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Curtains;   Damascus;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Camel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Kedar;   Tent;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hazor;   Kedar;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Curtains;   East;   Magor Missabib;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Curtain;   Hazor;   Kedar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Kedar;   Obadiah, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Arabia;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Camel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Curtain;   East, Children of the;   Jeremiah (2);   Kedar;   Magor-Missabib;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Arabia;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Camel;   Curtain;   Hazor;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They will take their tents and their flocksalong with their tent curtains and all their equipment.They will take their camels for themselves.They will call out to them,“Terror is on every side!”
Hebrew Names Version
Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Terror on every side!
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
Their tents and their flocks shall be taken, their curtains and all their goods; their camels shall be led away from them, and men shall cry to them: ‘Terror on every side!'
New American Standard Bible
"They will take away their tents and their flocks; They will carry off for themselves Their tent curtains, all their goods and their camels, And they will call out to one another, 'Horror on every side!'
New Century Version
Their tents and flocks will be taken away. Their belongings will be carried off— their tents, all their goods, and their camels. Men will shout to them, ‘Terror on every side!'
Amplified Bible
"They (the Babylonians) will take away their tents and their flocks; They will carry off for themselves Their tent curtains, all their goods and their camels, And they will call out to one another, 'Terror on every side!'
World English Bible
Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Terror on every side!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: yea, they shal take to themselues their curtaines and all their vessels, and their camels, and they shall crie vnto them, Feare is on euery side.
Legacy Standard Bible
They will take away their tents and their flocks;They will carry off for themselvesTheir tent curtains, all their goods, and their camels,And they will call out to one another, ‘Terror on every side!'
Berean Standard Bible
They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: 'Terror is on every side!'
Contemporary English Version
His fearsome army will surround you, taking your tents and possessions, your sheep and camels.
Complete Jewish Bible
They will seize their tents and their flocks, their tent curtains and all their equipment; their camels too they will take for themselves and shout at them, ‘Terror in every direction!'
Darby Translation
Their tents and their flocks shall they take; their curtains and all their vessels, and their camels, shall they carry away for themselves; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!
Easy-to-Read Version
Their tents and flocks will be taken away. Their tents and all their riches will be carried off. Their enemy will take away the camels. Men will shout this to them: ‘Terrible things are happening all around us.'
George Lamsa Translation
Their tents and their flocks shall the enemy take away; they shall carry away their curtains and all their vessels and their camels; and the oppressor shall shout against them on every side.
Good News Translation
Seize their tents and their flocks, their tent curtains and everything in their tents. Take their camels and tell the people, ‘Terror is all around you!'
Lexham English Bible
They will take their tents, and their flocks, their tent curtains, and all their equipment, and their camels they will carry away for themselves, and they will call to them, ‘Terror is from all around.'
Literal Translation
They shall take their tents and their flocks. They shall take their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels, to themselves. And they shall cry to them, Terroris all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their tentes and their flockes shal they take awaye, yee their hanginges and their vessell. Their Camels also shall they carie awaye with them. They shall come aboute them on euery syde with a fearfull crie.
American Standard Version
Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!
Bible in Basic English
Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Their tents and their flocks shall they take, they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall proclaim against them a terror on every side.
King James Version (1611)
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shal take to themselues their curtaines and all their vessels, and their camels, and they shal crie vnto them, Feare is on euery side.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their tentes and their flockes shall they take away, yea their hanginges and their vessels, their camels also shall they cary away with them: they shall crye to them, feare is on euery syde.
English Revised Version
Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels: and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei schulen take the tabernaclis of hem, and the flockis of hem; thei schulen take to hem the skynnes of hem, and alle the vessels of hem, and the camels of hem; and thei schulen clepe on hem inward drede in cumpas.
Update Bible Version
They shall take their tents and their flocks; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Terror on every side!
Webster's Bible Translation
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 to them, Fear [is] on every side.
New English Translation
Their tents and their flocks will be taken away. Their tent curtains, equipment, and camels will be carried off. People will shout to them, ‘Terror is all around you!'"
New Living Translation
Their flocks and tents will be captured, and their household goods and camels will be taken away. Everywhere shouts of panic will be heard: ‘We are terrorized at every turn!'
New Life Bible
Their tents and their flocks will be taken. Their tent curtains, and all their good things, and their camels will be carried away for themselves. And men will call out to them, ‘Trouble is on every side!'
New Revised Standard
Take their tents and their flocks, their curtains and all their goods; carry off their camels for yourselves, and a cry shall go up: "Terror is all around!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Their tents and their flocks, shall they take, And their curtains and all their baggage b and their camels, shall they carry off for themselves, - And shall cry out unto them, Terror round about!
Douay-Rheims Bible
They shall take their tents, and their flocks: and shall carry off for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels: and they shall call fear upon them round about.
Revised Standard Version
Their tents and their flocks shall be taken, their curtains and all their goods; their camels shall be borne away from them, and men shall cry to them: 'Terror on every side!'
Young's Literal Translation
Their tents and their flock they do take, Their curtains, and all their vessels, And their camels, they bear away for themselves, And they called concerning them, Fear [is] round about.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They will take away their tents and their flocks; They will carry off for themselves Their tent curtains, all their goods and their camels, And they will call out to one another, 'Terror on every side!'

Contextual Overview

28 Against Kedar and against the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon shall strike. Thus says the LORD: "Arise, go up to Kedar, And devastate the men of the East! 29 Their tents and their flocks they shall take away. They shall take for themselves their curtains, All their vessels and their camels; And they shall cry out to them, "Fear is on every side!' 30 "Flee, get far away! Dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor!" says the LORD. "For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, And has conceived a plan against you. 31 "Arise, go up to the wealthy nation that dwells securely," says the LORD, "Which has neither gates nor bars, Dwelling alone. 32 Their camels shall be for booty, And the multitude of their cattle for plunder. I will scatter to all winds those in the farthest corners, And I will bring their calamity from all its sides," says the LORD. 33 "Hazor shall be a dwelling for jackals, a desolation forever; No one shall reside there, Nor son of man dwell in it."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

tents: Psalms 120:5, Isaiah 13:20, Isaiah 60:7

curtains: Jeremiah 4:20, Jeremiah 10:20, Habakkuk 3:7

camels: Genesis 37:25, Judges 6:5, Judges 7:12, Judges 8:21, Judges 8:26, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 1 Chronicles 5:21, Job 1:3

Fear: Jeremiah 49:24, Jeremiah 6:25, Jeremiah 20:3, Jeremiah 20:4, *marg. Jeremiah 46:5, Psalms 31:13, 2 Corinthians 4:8, 2 Corinthians 7:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:5 - tents Job 18:11 - Terrors Jeremiah 49:5 - I will Jeremiah 49:32 - their camels Jeremiah 49:37 - to be

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.
Genesis 35:29
So Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 47:30
but let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." And he said, "I will do as you have said."
Genesis 49:6
Let not my soul enter their council; Let not my honor be united to their assembly; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.
Genesis 49:8
"Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's children shall bow down before you.
Genesis 49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, A viper by the path, That bites the horse's heels So that its rider shall fall backward.
Genesis 49:21
"Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.
Genesis 50:13
For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.
2 Samuel 19:37
Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you."
Hebrews 12:23
to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Their tents and their flocks shall they take away,.... The Kedarenes were a people whose business chiefly lay in feeding flocks, and of which their substance consisted; and they mostly dwelt in tents, which they removed from place to place, for the sake of pasturage for their flocks; hence they were sometimes called Scenites, and sometimes Nomades; see Psalms 120:5; but now both their habitations, such as they were, and their flocks too, wherein lay their riches, would be taken away from them:

they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels,

and their camels; their curtains made of skins of beasts, of which their tents were made; or with which they were covered to protect them from the inclemencies of the weather; and all the furniture of them, their household goods; their vessels for domestic use; and utensils for their calling and employment; and their camels, which were much used in those countries for travelling from place to place; on which they put their tents, curtains, and vessels, when they removed from one pasturage to another; these they, not the Kedarenes, should take to themselves, and flee with them; but the Chaldeans should seize on them for themselves, as their booty and prey:

and they shall cry unto them, fear [is] on every side; or, "magormissabib", "a fear all round", Jeremiah 20:3; this is the word the Chaldeans shall use, and with it frighten the Kedarenes out of their tents; or by the sound of their trumpets, the alarm of war, and by their shouts and cries, and the clashing of their arms, they shall put them in fear all around: or else the Kedarenes and Hazorites, when they shall see the Chaldean army approaching, shall say one to another, fear is on all sides of us; nothing but ruin and destruction attend us from every quarter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Curtains - The hangings of the tents.

Fear is on every side - Magor-missabib (see Jeremiah 6:25 note); a cry, indicating the panic which followed the unexpected onset of the enemy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 49:29. Their tents and their flocks — This description of property shows that they were Scenite or Nomad Arabs; persons who dwell in tents, and whose principal property was cattle, especially camels, of the whole of which they were plundered by the Chaldeans.


 
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