Jeremiah 42:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

then the sword which you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow hard after you to Egypt; and there you shall die.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt, and there ye shall die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then the sword which you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt and in it, and there you shall die.

American Standard Version (1901)

then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

Common English Bible

then the war you fear will seize you in the land of Egypt; and the famine you dread will hunt you down in Egypt, and there you will die.

Catholic Public Domain Version

the sword which you dread will overtake you there, in the land of Egypt, and the famine, about which you are anxious, will cling to you in Egypt, and there you shall die.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The sword which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt: and the famine whereof you are afraid shall cleave to you in Egypt: and there you shall die.

Jeremiah 42:16 Cross References

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Jeremiah 27:8

“ ‘ “But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, says the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand.

Jeremiah 41:18

because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

Jeremiah 42:13

But if you say, ‘We will not remain in this land,’ disobeying the voice of the Lord your God

Jeremiah 44:27

Behold, I am watching over them for evil and not for good; all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.

Ezekiel 11:8

You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword upon you, says the Lord God.

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.”

John 11:48

If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation.”

Deuteronomy 28:15

“But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.

Deuteronomy 28:22

The Lord will smite you with consumption, and with fever, inflammation, and fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.

Deuteronomy 28:45

All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you, till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you.