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

Without - Outside.

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.