Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 18:17
American Standard Version
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Amplified® Bible
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity [says the Lord].
Contemporary English Version
When your enemies attack, I will scatter you like dust blown by an eastern wind. Then, on that day of disaster, I will turn my back on you.
Darby English Version
As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Good News Bible
I will scatter my people before their enemies, like dust blown by the east wind. I will turn my back on them; I will not help them when the disaster comes."
King James Version
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
New American Standard Bible
`Like an east wind I will scatter them Before the enemy; I will show them My back and not {My} face In the day of their calamity.'"
New International Version
Like a wind from the east,
I will scatter them before their enemies;
I will show them my back and not my face
in the day of their disaster."
New King James Version
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy;
I will show them the back and not the face
In the day of their calamity.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'Like an east wind I will scatter them Before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face In the day of their calamity.'"
Revised Standard Version
Like the east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity."
Young's Literal Translation
As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'