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the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Jeremiah 15:12
Whether yrun and metal schal be ioyned bi pees to irun fro the north?
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Christian Standard Bible®
Can anyone smash iron,iron from the north, or bronze?
Can anyone smash iron,iron from the north, or bronze?
Hebrew Names Version
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
King James Version
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
English Standard Version
Can one break iron, iron from the north, and bronze?
Can one break iron, iron from the north, and bronze?
New American Standard Bible
"Can anyone smash iron, Iron from the north, or bronze?
"Can anyone smash iron, Iron from the north, or bronze?
New Century Version
No one can smash a piece of iron or bronze that comes from the north.
No one can smash a piece of iron or bronze that comes from the north.
Amplified Bible
"Can anyone crush iron, The iron from the north, or bronze?
"Can anyone crush iron, The iron from the north, or bronze?
World English Bible
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Shall the yron breake the yron, and the brasse that commeth from the North?
Shall the yron breake the yron, and the brasse that commeth from the North?
Legacy Standard Bible
"Can anyone smash iron,Iron from the north, or bronze?
"Can anyone smash iron,Iron from the north, or bronze?
Berean Standard Bible
Can anyone smash iron-iron from the north-or bronze?
Can anyone smash iron-iron from the north-or bronze?
Contemporary English Version
The Lord told me to say: People of Judah, just as you can't break iron mixed with bronze, you can't defeat the enemies that will attack from the north.
The Lord told me to say: People of Judah, just as you can't break iron mixed with bronze, you can't defeat the enemies that will attack from the north.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Can iron break iron and bronze from the north?
"Can iron break iron and bronze from the north?
Darby Translation
Will iron break? iron from the north? and bronze?
Will iron break? iron from the north? and bronze?
Easy-to-Read Version
"Jeremiah, you know that no one can shatter a piece of iron. I mean the kind of iron that is from the north. And no one can shatter a piece of bronze either.
"Jeremiah, you know that no one can shatter a piece of iron. I mean the kind of iron that is from the north. And no one can shatter a piece of bronze either.
George Lamsa Translation
For he is hard as iron and as brass.
For he is hard as iron and as brass.
Good News Translation
(No one can break iron, especially the iron from the north that is mixed with bronze.)
(No one can break iron, especially the iron from the north that is mixed with bronze.)
Lexham English Bible
Can anyone break iron, iron from the north, or bronze?
Can anyone break iron, iron from the north, or bronze?
Literal Translation
Can one break iron, iron or bronze from the north?
Can one break iron, iron or bronze from the north?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Doth one yron hurte another, or one metall that cometh from the north, another?
Doth one yron hurte another, or one metall that cometh from the north, another?
American Standard Version
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Bible in Basic English
Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?
Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Can iron break iron from the north and brass?
Can iron break iron from the north and brass?
King James Version (1611)
Shall yron breake the Northren yron, and the steele?
Shall yron breake the Northren yron, and the steele?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Doth one iron hurt another? or one metall that commeth from the north another?
Doth one iron hurt another? or one metall that commeth from the north another?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Will iron be known? whereas thy strength is a brazen covering.
Will iron be known? whereas thy strength is a brazen covering.
English Revised Version
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
Update Bible Version
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
Webster's Bible Translation
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
New English Translation
Can you people who are like iron and bronze break that iron fist from the north?
Can you people who are like iron and bronze break that iron fist from the north?
New King James Version
Can anyone break iron, The northern iron and the bronze?
Can anyone break iron, The northern iron and the bronze?
New Living Translation
Can a man break a bar of iron from the north, or a bar of bronze?
Can a man break a bar of iron from the north, or a bar of bronze?
New Life Bible
"Can anyone crush iron, iron from the north, or brass?
"Can anyone crush iron, iron from the north, or brass?
New Revised Standard
Can iron and bronze break iron from the north?
Can iron and bronze break iron from the north?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shall iron crush the iron from the North and the bronze?
Shall iron crush the iron from the North and the bronze?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall iron be allied with the iron from the north, and the brass?
Shall iron be allied with the iron from the north, and the brass?
Revised Standard Version
Can one break iron, iron from the north, and bronze?
Can one break iron, iron from the north, and bronze?
Young's Literal Translation
Doth one break iron -- northern iron, and brass?
Doth one break iron -- northern iron, and brass?
THE MESSAGE
"O Israel, O Judah, what are your chances against the iron juggernaut from the north? In punishment for your sins, I'm giving away everything you've got, giving it away for nothing. I'll make you slaves to your enemies in a strange and far-off land. My anger is blazing and fierce, burning in hot judgment against you."
"O Israel, O Judah, what are your chances against the iron juggernaut from the north? In punishment for your sins, I'm giving away everything you've got, giving it away for nothing. I'll make you slaves to your enemies in a strange and far-off land. My anger is blazing and fierce, burning in hot judgment against you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Can anyone smash iron, Iron from the north, or bronze?
"Can anyone smash iron, Iron from the north, or bronze?
Contextual Overview
10 Mi modir, wo to me; whi gendridist thou me a man of chidyng, a man of discord in al the lond? Y lente not, nether ony man lente to me; alle men cursen me, the Lord seith. 11 No man bileue to me, if thi remenauntis be not in to good, if Y ranne not to thee in the tyme of turment, and in the tyme of tribulacioun and of anguysch, ayens the enemye. 12 Whether yrun and metal schal be ioyned bi pees to irun fro the north? 13 And Y schal yyue freli thi ritchessis and thi tresouris in to rauyschyng, for alle thi synnes, and in alle thin endis. 14 And Y schal brynge thin enemyes fro the lond which thou knowist not; for fier is kyndlid in my strong veniaunce, and it schal brenne on you.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Shall iron: Jeremiah 1:18, Jeremiah 1:19, Jeremiah 21:4, Jeremiah 21:5, Job 40:9, Isaiah 45:9, Habakkuk 1:5-10
Reciprocal: Daniel 2:40 - forasmuch 1 John 5:15 - if
Cross-References
Genesis 2:21
Therfore the Lord God sente sleep in to Adam, and whanne he slepte, God took oon of hise ribbis, and fillide fleisch for it.
Therfore the Lord God sente sleep in to Adam, and whanne he slepte, God took oon of hise ribbis, and fillide fleisch for it.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram addide, Sotheli thou hast not youe seed to me, and, lo! my borun seruaunt schal be myn eir.
And Abram addide, Sotheli thou hast not youe seed to me, and, lo! my borun seruaunt schal be myn eir.
Genesis 15:5
And the Lord ledde out Abram, and seide to hym, Biholde thou heuene, and noumbre thou sterris, if thou maist. And the Lord seide to Abram, So thi seed schal be.
And the Lord ledde out Abram, and seide to hym, Biholde thou heuene, and noumbre thou sterris, if thou maist. And the Lord seide to Abram, So thi seed schal be.
Genesis 15:8
And Abram seide, Lord God, wherbi may I wite that Y schal welde it?
And Abram seide, Lord God, wherbi may I wite that Y schal welde it?
Genesis 15:9
And the Lord answerde, and seide, Take thou to me a cow of thre yeer, and a geet of thre yeer, and a ram of thre yeer, a turtle also, and a culuer.
And the Lord answerde, and seide, Take thou to me a cow of thre yeer, and a geet of thre yeer, and a ram of thre yeer, a turtle also, and a culuer.
Genesis 15:13
And it was seid to hym, Wite thou bifore knowinge, that thi seed schal be pilgrim foure hundrid yeer in a lond not his owne, and thei schulen make hem suget to seruage, and thei schulen turment hem;
And it was seid to hym, Wite thou bifore knowinge, that thi seed schal be pilgrim foure hundrid yeer in a lond not his owne, and thei schulen make hem suget to seruage, and thei schulen turment hem;
Genesis 15:14
netheles Y schal deme the folk to whom thei schulen serue; and aftir these thingis thei schulen go out with greet catel.
netheles Y schal deme the folk to whom thei schulen serue; and aftir these thingis thei schulen go out with greet catel.
1 Samuel 26:12
Dauid took the spere, and the cuppe of watir, that was at the heed of Saul, and thei yeden forth, and no man was that siy, and vndirstood, and wakide, but alle men slepten; for the sleep of the Lord `hadde feld on hem.
Dauid took the spere, and the cuppe of watir, that was at the heed of Saul, and thei yeden forth, and no man was that siy, and vndirstood, and wakide, but alle men slepten; for the sleep of the Lord `hadde feld on hem.
Job 33:15
God spekith bi a dreem in the visioun of nyyt, whanne sleep fallith on men, and thei slepen in the bed.
God spekith bi a dreem in the visioun of nyyt, whanne sleep fallith on men, and thei slepen in the bed.
Acts 20:9
And a yong man, Euticus bi name, sat on the wyndowe, whanne he was fallun in to an heuy sleep, while Poul disputide long, al slepynge he felle doun fro the thridde stage; and he was takun vp, and was brouyt deed.
And a yong man, Euticus bi name, sat on the wyndowe, whanne he was fallun in to an heuy sleep, while Poul disputide long, al slepynge he felle doun fro the thridde stage; and he was takun vp, and was brouyt deed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?] Can iron break iron, especially that which comes from the north, which was harder than the common iron; or steel, the hardest of all? though the Jews were hard as iron, they could not prevail against and overcome Jeremiah, who was made an iron pillar and brasen walls against them, Jeremiah 1:18, and so these words are spoken for his comfort and encouragement: or they may respect the Jews and the Chaldeans; and the sense be, that the Jews, as mighty and as strong as they fancied themselves to be, and boasted that they were, they could not find themselves a match for the Chaldean army, which came out of the north; and may be said to be as hard as the northern iron, which came from the Chalybes, a people in the north, near Pontus, from whom steel has its name in the Latin tongue; and this sense agrees with what follows.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The steel - “brass,” i. e., bronze. By the “iron” is meant Jeremiah’s intercession; but this cannot alter the divine purpose to send Judah into exile, which is firm as steel and brass. For “brass” see Exodus 25:3 note. The alloy of copper and zinc now called brass was entirely unknown to the ancients.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 15:12. Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? — Shall our weak forces be able to oppose and overcome the powers of the Chaldeans? נחשת nechasheth, which we here translate steel, property signifies brass or copper united with tin, which gives it much hardness, and enables it to bear a good edge.
