Jeremiah 48:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ Bemoan him, all you who are round about him, and all who know his name; say, ‘How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Bemoan him, all you [nations] who are around him, and all you [nations more remote] who know his name; say, How broken is the mighty scepter [of national power] and the splendid rod [of glory]!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Grieve for this nation, you neighbors of Moab, all you who know his name. Proclaim how its mighty scepter and magnificent staff are shattered!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Console him, all you who surround him and all you who know his name. Say: 'How has the strong staff become broken, the glorious staff?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Comfort him, all you that are round about him. And all you that know his name, say: How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod?

Jeremiah 48:17 Cross References

Psalm 110:2

The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes!

Isaiah 10:5

Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff of my fury!

Isaiah 14:6

that smote the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.

Isaiah 16:8

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its branches, which reached to Jazer and strayed to the desert; its shoots spread abroad and passed over the sea.

Isaiah 9:4

For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as on the day of Midian.

Jeremiah 48:39

How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are round about him.”