Jeremiah 2:1 (NLT)

Jeremiah 2:18 - “What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt
and your covenants with Assyria?
What good to you are the streams of the Nile[fn]
or the waters of the Euphrates River?[fn]

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Translations for Jeremiah 2:18

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

And now why take the road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of Sihor?
Or why take the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the River?[fn]

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

“What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt
and your covenants with Assyria?
What good to you are the streams of the Nile[fn]
or the waters of the Euphrates River?[fn]

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile[fn]? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of the Nile?[fn]
Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of the Euphrates?[fn]

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Now what will you gain

by traveling along the way to Egypt

to drink the water of the Nile?[fn]

What will you gain

by traveling along the way to Assyria

to drink the water of the Euphrates?

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

“But now^H6258 what^H4100 are you doing on the road^H1870 to Egypt^H4714,

Except to drink^H8354 the waters^H4325 of the [fn]Nile^H7883?

Or what^H4100 are you doing on the road^H1870 to Assyria^H804,

Except to drink^H8354 the waters^H4325 of the Euphrates River^H5104?

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

“But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of the [fn]Nile?
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the [fn]Euphrates?

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

“But now^H6258 what^H4100 are you doing on the road^H1870 to Egypt^H4714,

To drink^H8354 the waters^H4325 of the [fn]Nile^H7883?

Or what^H4100 are you doing on the road^H1870 to Assyria^H804,

To drink^H8354 the waters^H4325 of the [fn]River^H5104?

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

“Now what are you doing by going to Egypt [in search of an ally],

To drink the [muddy] waters of the Nile?

Or what are you doing by going to Assyria [in search of an ally],

To drink the [muddy] waters of the Euphrates?

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

And now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Nile? Or what do you gain by going to Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphra'tes?

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

And now, what -- to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what -- to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

Now what have you to do in the way to Mitzrayim, to drink the waters of the Shichor? or what have you to do in the way to Ashshur, to drink the waters of the River?

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

et nunc quid tibi vis in via Aegypti ut bibas aquam turbidam et quid tibi cum via Assyriorum ut bibas aquam Fluminis

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

وَالآنَ مَا بَالُكِ تَتَوَجَّهِينَ صَوْبَ مِصْرَ لِشُرْبِ مِيَاهِ شِيحُورَ؟ وَمَا بَالُكِ تَقْصِدِينَ إِلَى أَشُورَ لِشُرْبِ مِيَاهِ الْفُرَاتِ؟

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

וְעַתָּ֗ה מַה־לָּךְ֙ לְדֶ֣רֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת מֵ֣י שִׁח֑וֹר וּמַה־לָּךְ֙ לְדֶ֣רֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת מֵ֥י נָהָֽר׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

καὶ νῦν τί σοι καὶ τῇ ὁδῷ Αἰγύπτου τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ Γηων καὶ τί σοι καὶ τῇ ὁδῷ Ἀσσυρίων τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ ποταμῶν

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

وَالآنَ مَا لَكِ وَطَرِيقَ مِصْرَ لِشُرْبِ مِيَاهِ شِيحُورَ؟ وَمَا لَكِ وَطَرِيقَ أَشُّورَ لِشُرْبِ مِيَاهِ النَّهْرِ؟

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

And now what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the water of Geon? and what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of rivers?

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Ahora pues, ¿qué tienes tú en el camino de Egipto, para que bebas agua del Nilo? ¿y qué tienes tú en el camino de Asiria, para que bebas agua del río?

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Ahora, pues, ¿qué tienes tú en el camino de Egipto, para que bebas agua del Nilo? ¿Y qué tienes tú en el camino de Asiria, para que bebas agua del Eufrates?

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

現今你為何在埃及路上、要喝西曷的水呢．你為何在亞述路上、要喝大河的水呢。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Ahora pues, ¿qué tienes tú que ver con el camino de Egipto, para que bebas las aguas del Nilo? ¿Y qué tienes que ver con el camino de Asiria, para que bebas las aguas del Río?"

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

네가 시홀의 물을 마시려고 애굽 길에 있음은 어찜이며 또 그 하수를 마시려고 앗수르 길에 있음은 어찜이뇨

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Et maintenant, qu'as-tu à faire d'aller en Égypte, Pour boire l'eau du Nil? Qu'as-tu à faire d'aller en Assyrie, Pour boire l'eau du fleuve?

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Was hilft's dir, daß du nach Ägypten ziehst und willst vom Wasser Sihor trinken? Und was hilft's dir, daß du nach Assyrien ziehst und willst vom Wasser des Euphrat trinken?

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

И ныне для чего тебе путь в Египет, чтобы пить воду из Нила? и для чего тебе путь в Ассирию, чтобы пить воду из реки ее?

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Ahora, pues, ¿qué tienes tú en el camino de Egipto? ¿Para qué bebas agua del Nilo? ¿Y qué tienes tú en el camino de Asiria? ¿Para qué bebas agua del Río (Eufrates )?

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NLT Footnotes

(2:18)

Hebrew of Shihor, a branch of the Nile River.

(2:18)

Hebrew the river?

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