Jeremiah 18:17 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
American Standard Version (ASV)
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
World English Bible (WEB)
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'
| I will scatter | כְּרֽוּחַ | kĕrûaḥ | keh-ROO-ak |
| east an with as them | קָדִ֥ים | qādîm | ka-DEEM |
| wind | אֲפִיצֵ֖ם | ʾăpîṣēm | uh-fee-TSAME |
| before | לִפְנֵ֣י | lipnê | leef-NAY |
| the enemy; | אוֹיֵ֑ב | ʾôyēb | oh-YAVE |
| shew will I | עֹ֧רֶף | ʿōrep | OH-ref |
| them the back, | וְלֹֽא | wĕlōʾ | veh-LOH |
| and not | פָנִ֛ים | pānîm | fa-NEEM |
| face, the | אֶרְאֵ֖ם | ʾerʾēm | er-AME |
| in the day | בְּי֥וֹם | bĕyôm | beh-YOME |
| of their calamity. | אֵידָֽם׃ | ʾêdām | ay-DAHM |