Translation Comparison
Jeremiah 46
Septuagint (LXX2012) compared with World English Bible
Listen & follow along
Today's reading with verse-by-verse highlighting
This Book Has Restored Content
The MT adds ~2,700 words and rearranges the entire structure.
View
Septuagint (LXX2012)
Authoritative text
World English Bible
Masoretic-derived · highlighted where altered
1And it came to pass in the ninth month of Sedekias king of Juda, [that] Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
1Yahweh’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
2And in the eleventh year of Sedekiass, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken [up].
2Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
3And all the leaders of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate, Marganasar, and Samagoth, and Nabusachar, and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the leaders of the king of Babylon,
3“Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
14and they sent, and took Jeremias out of the court of the prison, and gave him [in charge] to Godolias the son of Achicam, the son of Saphan: and they brought him out, and he sat in the midst of the people.
14“Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, ‘Stand up, and prepare, for the sword has devoured around you.’
15And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in the court of the prison, saying,
15Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.
16Go and say to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I [will] bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good.
16He made many to stumble. Yes, they fell on one another. They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.’
17But I will save you in that day, and I will by no means deliver you into the hands of the men before whom you are afraid.
17They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’
18For I will surely save you, and you shall by no means fall by the sword; and you shall find your life, because you did trust in me, says the Lord.
18“As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so he will come.