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Jeremiah 48:9

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Give wings to Moab, For she will flee away; And her cities will become a desolation, Without inhabitants in them.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Give wing to Moab, For she must, fly away; And, her cities, To desolation, shall be turned, With no inhabitant therein.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Give a flower to Moab, for in its flower it shall go out: and the cities thereof shall be desolate, and uninhabited.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Giue wings vnto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shalbe desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Giue wings vnto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shalbe desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Give a garland to Moab, for she shall surely be destroyed, and all her cities shall become a desolation without any to dwell in them.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague-spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence [shall there be] an inhabitant for her?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Give wings unto Moav, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Give 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
wings 6731
{6731} Prime
צִיץ
tsiyts
{tseets}
From H6692; properly glistening, that is, a burnished plate; also a flower (as bright colored); a wing (as gleaming in the air).
unto Mô´äv מוֹאָב, 4124
{4124} Prime
מוֹאָב
Mow'ab
{mo-awb'}
From a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix 'm-' and H0001; from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants.
that x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
it may flee 5323
{5323} Prime
נָצָא
natsa'
{naw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to go away.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
and get away: 3318
{3318} Prime
יָצָא
yatsa'
{yaw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to go (causatively bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proximate.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
for the cities 5892
{5892} Prime
עִיר
`iyr
{eer}
From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post).
thereof shall be x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
desolate, 8047
{8047} Prime
שַׁמָּה
shammah
{sham-maw'}
From H8074; ruin; by implication consternation.
without any x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
x369
(0369) Complement
אַיִן
'ayin
{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
to dwell 3427
{3427} Prime
יָשַׁב
yashab
{yaw-shab'}
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
therein. 2004
{2004} Prime
הֵן
hen
{hane}
Feminine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Jeremiah 48:9

_ _ Give wings, etc. — (Psalms 55:6). Unless it get wings, it cannot escape the foe. “Wings,” the Hebrew root meaning is a “flower” (Job 14:2); so the flower-like plumage of a bird.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 48:1-13.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 48:9

Give wings — The Moabites have need of wings like a bird to escape that ruin which is coming upon them.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
wings:

Jeremiah 48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove [that] maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
Psalms 11:1 [[To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.]] In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?
Psalms 55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.
Isaiah 16:2 For it shall be, [that], as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, [so] the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

the cities:

Jeremiah 46:19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ps 11:1; 55:6. Is 16:2. Jr 46:19; 48:28. Zp 2:9. Rv 12:14.

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