Jeremiah 46:17 “There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has…”

Jeremiah 46:17

There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

World English Bible

They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’

American Standard Version

They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.

Geneva Bible 1599

They did cry there, Pharaoh King of Egypt, and of a great multitude hath passed the time appointed.

Darby Translation

There did they cry, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the time appointed go by.

Young's Literal Translation

They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt [is] a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time.

Bible in Basic English

Give a name to Pharaoh, king of Egypt: A noise who has let the time go by.

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Cross references

“Pharaoh”

Isaiah 19:11–16 Exodus 15:9 1 Kings 20:10 1 Kings 20:18 Isaiah 31:3 Isaiah 37:27–29

Isaiah 19:11–16 · BSB

The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

Exodus 15:9 · BSB

The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

1 Kings 20:10 · BSB

Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”

1 Kings 20:18 · BSB

“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”

Isaiah 31:3 · BSB

But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

Isaiah 37:27–29 · BSB

Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

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

In context

16They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’

18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

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