Jeremiah 18:14

Jeremiah 18:14 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

14Does the snow of Lebanon

ever vanish from its rocky slopes?

Do its cool waters from distant sources

ever stop flowing?18:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

14‘Does the snow of Lebanon leave the rock of the open country alone?

Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever dried up?

14Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country?

Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?

14‘Will the snow of [Mount] Lebanon melt and vanish from its rocks [which tower above Israel]?

Will the cold, rushing waters of foreign lands [that flow down from the distant land] be dried up?

14Does the snow of Lebanon

ever leave its rocky slopes?

Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance

ever run dry?

14Does the snow ever disappear

from Lebanon’s rocky slopes?

Do its cool waters ever stop

flowing from places far away?