Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
- BSB After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
- ESV Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
- NKJV Then he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
- NASB So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and not be found.
- NLT He will take refuge in his own fortresses but will stumble and fall and be seen no more.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 26:21I will make you a terror, and you shall no more have any being; though you are sought for, yet you will never be found again, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ps 37:36But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Job 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
- Jer 46:6“Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
- Ps 27:2When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
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