“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
Parallel translations
- KJV Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
- BSB “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
- ESV “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
- NKJV “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.
- NASB “Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
- NLT “Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 36:26The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.
- Ps 31:20In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
- Jer 36:19Then the princes said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah go hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”
- Rev 12:6The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
- John 8:59Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.
- Heb 11:38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
- Rev 12:14Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
- Ps 83:3They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
- 1 Kgs 22:25Micaiah said, “Behold, you will see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
- Acts 17:14Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
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