Jeremiah 46:17

They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt [is but] a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.

They did cry {H7121} there, Pharaoh {H6547} king {H4428} of Egypt {H4714} is but a noise {H7588}; he hath passed {H5674} the time appointed {H4150}.

They cried there, "Pharaoh king of Egypt makes noise, but he lets the right time [for action] slip by."

There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’

They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 19:11 (4 votes)

    Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

  • Isaiah 19:16 (4 votes)

    In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

  • 1 Kings 20:10 (3 votes)

    And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

  • Exodus 15:9 (3 votes)

    The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

  • Isaiah 31:3 (2 votes)

    Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

  • Ezekiel 31:18 (2 votes)

    To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with [them that be] slain by the sword. This [is] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

  • Ezekiel 29:3 (2 votes)

    Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river [is] mine own, and I have made [it] for myself.