Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not be helped by them. New Living Translation In despair, you will be led into exile with your hands on your heads, for the LORD has rejected the nations you trust. They will not help you at all. English Standard Version From it too you will come away with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them. Berean Standard Bible Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.” King James Bible Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. New King James Version Indeed you will go forth from him With your hands on your head; For the LORD has rejected your trusted allies, And you will not prosper by them. New American Standard Bible “From this place as well you will go out With your hands on your head; For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, And you will not prosper with them.” NASB 1995 “From this place also you will go out With your hands on your head; For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, And you will not prosper with them.” NASB 1977 “From this place also you shall go out With your hands on your head; For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, And you shall not prosper with them.” Legacy Standard Bible From this place also you will go out With your hands on your head; For Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, And you will not succeed with them.” Amplified Bible “From Egypt also you will come away [as captives] With your hands on your head; For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust (confide), And you will not be successful with them.” Christian Standard Bible Moreover, you will be led out from here with your hands on your head since the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not succeed even with their help. Holman Christian Standard Bible Moreover, you will be led out from here with your hands on your head since the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not succeed even with their help. American Standard Version From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Also you shall go out from unity with this one when your hands are on your head, for LORD JEHOVAH is angry against those whom you trust, and you shall not prosper by them Brenton Septuagint Translation For thou shalt go forth thence also with thine hands upon thine head; for the Lord has rejected thine hope, and thou shalt not prosper in it. Contemporary English Version and you will leave in great sadness. I won't let you find help from those you trust. Douay-Rheims Bible For from thence thou shalt go, and thy hand shall be upon thy head: for the Lord hath destroyed thy trust, and thou shalt have nothing prosperous therein. English Revised Version From him also shalt thou go forth, with thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. GOD'S WORD® Translation You will also leave this place with your hands over your head, because the LORD has rejected those you trust. You will not be helped by them." Good News Translation You will turn away from Egypt, hanging your head in shame. I, the LORD, have rejected those you trust; you will not gain anything from them." International Standard Version You will also go out from this place with your hands over your heads. For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won't prosper through them." JPS Tanakh 1917 From him also shalt thou go forth, With thy hands upon thy head; For the LORD hath rejected them in whom thou didst trust, And thou shalt not prosper in them. Literal Standard Version Also you go out from this, | And your hands on your head, | For YHWH has kicked at your confidences, | And you do not give prosperity to them!” Majority Standard Bible Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.” New American Bible From there too you will go out, your hands upon your head; For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, with them you will have no success. NET Bible Moreover, you will come away from Egypt with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame because the LORD will not allow your reliance on them to be successful and you will not gain any help from them. New Revised Standard Version From there also you will come away with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper through them. New Heart English Bible From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them. Webster's Bible Translation Yes, thou shalt go forth from him, and thy hands upon thy head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. World English Bible You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them. Young's Literal Translation Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences, And thou dost not give prosperity to them! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel's Unfaithfulness…36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria. 37Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.” Cross References 2 Samuel 13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly. Jeremiah 14:3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. Jeremiah 14:4 The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. Jeremiah 22:30 This is what the LORD says: "Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah." Jeremiah 37:7 "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt. Treasury of Scripture Yes, you shall go forth from him, and your hands on your head: for the LORD has rejected your confidences, and you shall not prosper in them. thine hands 2 Samuel 13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. for the Lord Jeremiah 2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. Jeremiah 37:7-10 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land… and thou Jeremiah 32:5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper? Numbers 14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. 2 Chronicles 13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. Jump to Previous Faith Forth Goest Hands Head Help Helped Kicked Leave Prosper Prosperity Rejected Thence TrustJump to Next Faith Forth Goest Hands Head Help Helped Kicked Leave Prosper Prosperity Rejected Thence TrustJeremiah 2 1. God having shown his former kindness, 5. expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt 14. They are the causes of their own calamities 18. The sins and idolatries of Judah 35. Her confidence is rejected. (37) From him.--Better, from it, sc., from Egypt as a people. Thine hands upon thine head.--The outward sign of depression and despair (2Samuel 13:19). Thy confidences.--i.e., the grounds or objects of thy confidence. Verse 37. - From him; i.e. from Egypt, personified as a man (so whenever a people is referred to; a laud is represented as a woman). Egypt was, in fact, the only great power capable of assisting Judah at this time (see Introduction); yet even Egypt, the prophet says, shall disappoint her Jewish allies, for Jehovah has rejected thy confidences (i.e. the objects of thy confidence). As a matter of fact, "the King of Egypt came not again any more out of his laud" after Necho's crushing defeat at Carehemish (2 Kings 24:7; comp. Jeremiah 37:5). |
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