Jeremiah 42 · Verse 17

Jeremiah 42:17

So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
Jeremiah 42:17, King James Version

Jeremiah 42:17 in other translations

BSBSo all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
WEBSo will it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there. They will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. None of them will remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.’
ASVSo shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
YLT‘Thus are all the men who have set their faces to enter Egypt to sojourn there; they die--by sword, by hunger, and by pestilence, and there is not to them a remnant and an escaped one, because of the evil that I am bringing in upon them;
DARBYAnd it shall be that all the men that have set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
BBESuch will be the fate of all the men whose minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there; they will come to their end by the sword, by being short of food, and by disease: not one of them will keep his life or get away from the evil which I will send on them.
WebsterSo shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

What does Jeremiah 42:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. all the men--excepting the "small number" mentioned (Jr 44:14, 28); namely, those who were forced into Egypt against their will, Jeremiah, Baruch, &c., and those who took Jeremiah's advice and fled from Egypt before the arrival of the Chaldeans.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 42:7-22

If we would know the mind of the Lord in doubtful cases, we must wait as well as pray. God is ever ready to return in mercy to those he has afflicted; and he never rejects any who rely on his promises. He has declared enough to silence even the causeless fears of his people, which discourge them in the way of duty. Whatever loss or suffering we may fear from obedience, is provided against in God's word; and he will…

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Jeremiah 42:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְיִֽהְי֣וּve.yih.Yuand they may beH1961
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הָאֲנָשִׁ֗יםha.'a.na.Shimthe peopleH582
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whoH834
שָׂ֨מוּSa.muthey have setH7760
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פְּנֵיהֶ֜םpe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440
לָב֤וֹאla.Vo'to goH935
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
לָג֣וּרla.Gurto sojournH1481
שָׁ֔םShamthereH8033
יָמ֕וּתוּya.Mu.tuthey will dieH4191
בַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719
בָּרָעָ֣בba.ra.'Avby <the> famineH7458
וּבַדָּ֑בֶרu.va.Da.verand by <the> pestilenceH1698
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִהְיֶ֤הyih.Yehhe will belongH1961
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto <the> them
שָׂרִ֣ידsa.Rida survivorH8300
וּפָלִ֔יטu.fa.Litand an escapeeH6412
מִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440
הָֽרָעָ֔הha.ra.'Ahthe calamityH7451
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589
מֵבִ֥יאme.Vi'[will] bringH935
עֲלֵיהֶֽם\׃\ \ס'a.lei.Hemon themH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 42:17

  • Jeremiah 42:22

    Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.

  • Jeremiah 44:13-14

    For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

  • Jeremiah 44:28

    Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

  • Jeremiah 24:10

    And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
it be with all the men. Heb. all the men be. they shall.
22; 24:10; 44:14
none.
44:28

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Context

  • Jeremiah 42:16

    Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

  • Jeremiah 42:17

    So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

  • Jeremiah 42:18

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

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Jeremiah 42:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Será pues, que todos los hombres que tornaren sus rostros para entrarse en Egipto, para peregrinar allí, morirán á cuchillo, de hambre, y de pestilencia: no habrá de ellos quien quede vivo, ni quien escape delante del mal que traeré yo sobre ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arrivera que tous les hommes qui auront tourné leur face pour aller en Égypte afin d’y séjourner, mourront par l’épée, par la famine, et par la peste; et il n’y aura pour eux ni reste ni réchappé de devant le mal que je fais venir sur eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es wird geschehen, alle Männer, die ihre Angesichter dahin gerichtet haben, nach Ägypten zu ziehen, um sich daselbst aufzuhalten, werden sterben durch das Schwert, durch den Hunger und durch die Pest; und sie werden keinen Übriggeliebenen noch Entronnenen haben vor dem Unglück, welches ich über sie bringen werde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnesque viri qui posuerunt faciem suam ut ingrediantur Ægyptum, ut habitent ibi, morientur gladio, et fame, et peste: nullus de eis remanebit, nec effugiet a facie mali quod ego afferam super eos.