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Jeremiah 12:5

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Bible Versions

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
If thou hast run {H7323} with the footmen {H7273}, and they have wearied {H3811} thee, then how canst thou contend {H8474} with horses {H5483}? and if in the land {H776} of peace {H7965}, wherein thou trustedst {H982}, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do {H6213} in the swelling {H1347} of Jordan {H3383}?
If racing men on foot exhausts you, how will you compete against horses? You may feel secure in a land at peace, but how will you do in the Yarden's thick brush?
“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?
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