Jeremiah 12:5

Jeremiah 12:5 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

5“If you have raced with men on foot

and they have worn you out,

how can you compete with horses?

If you stumble12:5 Or you feel secure only in safe country,

how will you manage in the thickets by12:5 Or the flooding of the Jordan?

5¶“If you have run with infantrymen and they have tired you out,

How can you compete with horses?

If you fall down in a land of peace,

How will you do in the thicket by the Jordan?

5“If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out,

Then how can you compete with horses?

If you fall down in a land of peace,

How will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

5¶[The Lord rebukes Jeremiah for his impatience, saying] “If you have raced with men on foot and they have tired you out,

Then how can you compete with horses?

If you fall down in a land of peace [where you feel secure],

Then how will you do [among the lions] in the [flooded] thicket beside the Jordan?

5“If you have raced with men on foot

and they have worn you out,

how can you compete with horses?

If you stumble in a peaceful land,

how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

5The Lord says, “Suppose you have raced against people.

And suppose they have worn you out.

Then how would you be able to race against horses?

Suppose you feel safe only in open country.

Then how would you get along in the bushes near the Jordan River?