Jeremiah 48:30
Good News Translation
I, the LORD, know of their arrogance. Their boasts amount to nothing, and the things they do will not last.

New Revised Standard Version
I myself know his insolence, says the LORD; his boasts are false, his deeds are false.

Contemporary English Version
But I also know bragging will never save you.

New American Bible
I myself know his arrogance—oracle of the LORD— liar in word, liar in deed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I know, saith the Lord, his boasting, and that the strength thereof is not according to it, neither hath it endeavoured to do according as it was able.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I know, saith the Lord, his boasting, and that the strength thereof is not according to it, neither hath it endeavoured to do according as it was able.

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Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his pride and his arrogancy, and his indignation is more than his strength.

Isaiah 37:28,29 I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. . . .

his lies shall not so effect it.

Jeremiah 50:36 A sword upon her diviners, and they shall be foolish: a sword upon her valiant ones, and they shall be dismayed.

Job 9:12,13 If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so? . . .

Psalm 33:10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Context
The Judgment on Moab
29We have heard the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his haughtiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the loftiness of his heart. 30I know, saith the Lord, his boasting, and that the strength thereof is not according to it, neither hath it endeavoured to do according as it was able.31Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn.…
Cross References
Isaiah 16:6
We have heard of the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his pride and his arrogancy, and his indignation is more than his strength.

Isaiah 37:28
I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

Jeremiah 48:29
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