Jeremiah 45:5 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁵ Egypt riseth up like a hood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say: I will go up and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city, and its inhabitants.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And should you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says the Lord, but your life I will give to you [as your only booty and] as a [snatched] prize of war wherever you go.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

Common English Bible

⁵ You seek great things for yourself, but don’t bother. I’m bringing disaster on all humanity, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not choose to seek them. For behold, I will lead evil over all that is flesh, says the Lord. But I will give your life to you unto salvation, in every place, wherever you may travel."

Jeremiah 45:5 Cross References

Genesis 6:12

2 And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth,)

1 Kings 3:11

6 Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him:

1 Kings 3:9

4 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and Beep my precepts, and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days.

2 Kings 5:26

So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan they cut down wood.

Psalm 131:1

Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Isaiah 66:16

4 And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: their worm shah not die, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.

Jeremiah 21:9

Thus saith the Lord: Execute judgement and justice, and deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor: and afflict not the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, nor oppress them unjustly: and shed not innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 25:15

3 And Dedan, and Thema, and Buz, and all that have their hair cut round.

Jeremiah 25:16

4 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the west, that dwell in the desert.

Jeremiah 25:26

4 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry: and sprinkle yourselves with ashes, ye leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersion are accomplished, and you shall fall like precious vessels.

Jeremiah 25:31

In the beginning of the reign of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, came this word from the Lord, saying:

Jeremiah 38:2

0 Then the king commanded Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying: Take from hence thirty men with thee, end draw up Jeremias the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

Jeremiah 39:18

They came to Godolias to Masphath: and Ismahel the son of Nathanias, and Johanan, and Jonathan, the sons of Caree, and Sareas the son of Thanehumeth, and the children of Ophi, that were of Netophathi, and Jezonias the son of Maachati, they and their men.

Zephaniah 3:8

6 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not: to Sion: Let not thy hands be weakened.

Romans 12:16

For he is God's minister to thee, for good. But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is God's minister: an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.

Hebrews 13:5

4 For we have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come.