Jeremiah 48:17

Young's Literal Translation

Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,everyone who knows his name.Say, “How the mighty scepter is shattered,the glorious staff!”

Hebrew Names Version
All you who are round about him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

King James Version
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

English Standard Version
Grieve for him, all you who are around him, and all who know his name; say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff.'

New American Standard Bible
"Mourn for him, all you who live around him, And all of you who know his name; Say, 'How the mighty scepter has been broken, A staff of splendor!'

New Century Version
All you who live around Moab, all you who know her, cry for her. Say, ‘The ruler's power is broken; Moab's power and glory are gone.'

Amplified Bible
"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]!'

World English Bible
All you who are round about him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Geneva Bible (1587)
All ye that are about him, mourne for him, and all ye that knowe his name, say, Howe is the strong staffe broken, and the beautifull rod!

Legacy Standard Bible
Mourn for him, all you who live around him,Even all of you who know his name;Say, ‘How has the strong scepter been broken,A staff of beauty!'

Berean Standard Bible
Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered-the glorious staff!

Contemporary English Version
I will order the nearby nations to mourn for you and say, "Isn't it sad? Moab ruled others, but now its glorious power has been shattered."

Complete Jewish Bible
Pity him, all of you who are near him, all of you who know his name; say, "How the mighty scepter is shattered, that splendid staff!"

Darby Translation
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Easy-to-Read Version
All you who live around Moab should cry for that country. You know how famous Moab is. So cry for it. Say, ‘The ruler's power is broken. Moab's power and glory is gone.'

George Lamsa Translation
All who are round about him are troubled and shaken, and all who know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

Good News Translation
"Mourn for that nation, you that live nearby, all of you that know its fame. Say, ‘Its powerful rule has been broken; its glory and might are no more.'

Lexham English Bible
Mourn for him, all his surroundings, and all those who knew his name. Say, ‘How the staff of might is broken, the staff of glory.'

Literal Translation
All who are around him mourn for him. And all who know his name, say, How the strong staff is broken, the beautiful rod!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All hir neghbours shall mourne for her, and all they that knowe hir name, shal saye: O how happeneth it, that the stronge staff and the goodly rod is thus broken?

American Standard Version
All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Bible in Basic English
All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Bemoan him, all ye that are round about him, and all ye that know his name; say: 'How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!'

King James Version (1611)
All yee that are about him bemoane him, and all yee that know his Name, say, How is the strong staffe broken, and the beautifull rod!

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and they departed, and dwelt in Gaberoch-amaa, that is by Bethleem, to go into Egypt, for fear of the Chaldeans:

English Revised Version
All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle ye that ben in the cumpas therof, coumforte it; and alle ye that knowen the name therof, seie, Hou is the stronge yerde brokun, the gloriouse staaf?

Update Bible Version
All you that are round about him, bemoan him, and all you that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Webster's Bible Translation
All ye that are about him bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod!

New English Translation
Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say, ‘Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!'

New King James Version
Bemoan him, all you who are around him; And all you who know his name, Say, "How the strong staff is broken, The beautiful rod!'

New Living Translation
You friends of Moab, weep for him and cry! See how the strong scepter is broken, how the beautiful staff is shattered!

New Life Bible
Have sorrow for him, all you who live around him, and all who know his name. Say, ‘How his power has been broken, the greatness of his power!'

New Revised Standard
Mourn over him, all you his neighbors, and all who know his name; say, "How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lament ye for him - All that are round about him, and All that know his name, - Say, How is broken - The staff of strength! The rod of beauty!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Comfort him, all you that are round about him, and all you that know his name, say: How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod?

Revised Standard Version
Bemoan him, all you who are round about him, and all who know his name; say, 'How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Mourn for him, all you who live around him, Even all of you who know his name; Say, 'How has the mighty scepter been broken, A staff of splendor!'

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ How do ye say, We [are] mighty, And men of strength for battle? ¹⁵ Spoiled is Moab, and her cities hath one gone up, And the choice of its young men Have gone down to slaughter, An affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name. ¹⁶ Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly. ¹⁷ Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty. ¹⁸ Come down from honour, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a spoiler of Moab hath come up to thee, He hath destroyed thy fenced places. ¹⁹ On the way stand, and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer, Ask the fugitive and escaped, Say, What hath happened? ²⁰ Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab, ²¹ And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain -- unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath, ²² And on Dibon, and on Nebo, And on Beth-Diblathaim, and on Kirathaim, ²³ And on Beth-Gamul, and on Beth-Meon,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bemoan: Jeremiah 48:31-33, Jeremiah 9:17-20, Isaiah 16:8, Revelation 18:14-20

How: Jeremiah 48:39, Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 14:4, Isaiah 14:5, Ezekiel 19:11-14, Zechariah 11:10-14

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 48:2 - no more

Cross-References

Genesis 28:8
and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,

Genesis 38:10
and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.

Genesis 48:7
`And I -- in my coming in from Padan-[Aram] Rachel hath died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a kibrath of land to enter Ephrata, and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata, which [is] Bethlehem.'

Genesis 48:8
And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, `Who [are] these?'

Genesis 48:14
And Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth [it] upon the head of Ephraim, who [is] the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh [is] the first-born.

Numbers 11:1
And the people is evil, as those sighing habitually in the ears of Jehovah, and Jehovah heareth, and His anger burneth, and the fire of Jehovah burneth among them, and consumeth in the extremity of the camp.

Numbers 22:34
And Balaam saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `I have sinned, for I did not know that thou [art] standing to meet me in the way; and now, if evil in thine eyes -- I turn back by myself.'

1 Samuel 16:7
And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

1 Kings 16:25
And Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who [are] before him,

1 Chronicles 21:7
And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All ye that are about him, bemoan him,.... The neighbouring nations, such as the Ammonites, and others, are called upon to condole the sad case of Moab; all upon the borders of the country of Moab, either within them or without them:

and all ye that know his name; not only that had heard of his fame and glory, but knew in what grandeur and splendour he lived; these have a form of condolence given them:

say, how is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod! the mighty men of war, the staff of the nation, in which they trusted, destroyed; their fortified cities demolished; the powerful kingdom, which swayed the sceptre, and ruled in great glory, and was terrible and troublesome to others, now pulled down. The Targum is,

"how is the king broken that did evil, the oppressing ruler!''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The lamentation over Moab uttered by those “round about him,” i. e., the neighboring nations, and those “that know his name,” nations more remote, who know little more than that, there is such a people, takes the form of an elegy. The metaphorical expressions, “staff of strength,” and “rod” or “scepter of beauty,” indicate the union of power and splendor in the Moabite kingdom.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 48:17. How is the strong staff broken — The sceptre. The sovereignty of Moab is destroyed.