Jeremiah 48:9
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.
Webster's Revision
Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.
World English Bible
Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.
Definitions for Jeremiah 48:9
Clarke's Jeremiah 48:9 Bible Commentary
Give wings unto Moab - There is no hope in resistance, and to escape requires the speediest flight. I cannot conceive how Dahler came to translate thus: Tirez Moab par les chevaux, "Drag Moab away by the hair of the head."
Wesley's Jeremiah 48:9 Bible Commentary
48:9 Give wings - The Moabites have need of wings like a bird to escape that ruin which is coming upon them.