Jeremiah 12:5 ““If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how ca…”

Jeremiah 12:5

“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

World English Bible

“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? Though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

American Standard Version

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

Geneva Bible 1599

If thou hast runne with the footemen and they haue wearied thee, then howe canst thou match thy selfe with horses? and if thou thoughtest thy selfe safe in a peaceable lande, what wilt thou do in the swelling of Iorden?

Darby Translation

If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, how wilt thou then contend with horses? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security, how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan?

Young's Literal Translation

For — with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, [In which] thou art confident — And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!

Bible in Basic English

If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?

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Cross references

“thou hast”

1 Peter 4:12 Proverbs 24:10 Proverbs 3:11 Hebrews 12:3 Hebrews 12:4

1 Peter 4:12 · BSB

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Proverbs 24:10 · BSB

If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

Proverbs 3:11 · BSB

My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;

Hebrews 12:3 · BSB

Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Hebrews 12:4 · BSB

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

“canst”

Jeremiah 26:8 Jeremiah 36:26 Jeremiah 38:4–6

Jeremiah 26:8 · BSB

and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!

Jeremiah 36:26 · BSB

Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

Jeremiah 38:4–6 · BSB

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being…

“swelling”

Jeremiah 49:19 Jeremiah 50:44 Psalm 42:7 Joshua 3:15 1 Chronicles 12:15 Psalm 69:1

Jeremiah 49:19 · BSB

Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who c…

Jeremiah 50:44 · BSB

Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and wh…

Psalm 42:7 · BSB

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

Joshua 3:15 · BSB

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

1 Chronicles 12:15 · BSB

These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

Psalm 69:1 · BSB

Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

6Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

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