Jeremiah 2:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And now what have you to gain by allying yourself with Egypt and going her way, to drink the [black and roiled] waters of the Nile? Or what have you to gain in going the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Common English Bible

¹⁸ So why take the path to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? Why travel the path to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And now what do you want from the way of Egypt, but to drink their turbid water? And what do you want from the way of the Assyrians, but to drink the water of their river?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?

Jeremiah 2:18 Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:16

At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

Isaiah 23:3

And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and stay on horses; and trust in chariots, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

Isaiah 7:20

In that day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, which is in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

Jeremiah 2:36

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall encompass a man.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Lamentations 5:6

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

Ezekiel 16:28

Thou hast played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet thou wast not satisfied.

Ezekiel 17:15

But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

Ezekiel 23:30

These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither shall he cure you of your wound.

Hosea 7:11

And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Joshua 13:3

from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanites: the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,