Jeremiah 2:18

Jeremiah 2:18 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

18Now why go to Egypt

to drink water from the Nile2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile?

And why go to Assyria

to drink water from the Euphrates?

18“But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt,

Except to drink the waters of the 2:18 Heb ShihorNile?

Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,

Except to drink the waters of the Euphrates River?

18But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt,

To drink the waters of the Nile?

Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,

To drink the waters of the Euphrates?

18“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?

18Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt

to drink the waters of the Nile2:18 Hebrew of Shihor, a branch of the Nile River?

What will you gain on your way to Assyria

to drink the waters of the Euphrates2:18 Hebrew the River?

18Why do you go to Egypt

to drink water from the Nile River?

Why do you go to Assyria

to drink from the Euphrates River?