Jeremiah 49 · Verse 29

Jeremiah 49:29

Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Jeremiah 49:29, King James Version

Jeremiah 49:29 in other translations

BSBThey will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
WEBThey will take their tents and their flocks. they will carry away for themselves their curtains, all their vessels, and their camels; and they will cry to them, ‘Terror on every side!’
ASVTheir tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!
YLTTheir tents and their flock they do take, Their curtains, and all their vessels, And their camels, they bear away for themselves, And they called concerning them, Fear is round about.
DARBYTheir tents and their flocks shall they take; their curtains and all their vessels, and their camels, shall they carry away for themselves; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!
BBETheir tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side.
WebsterTheir tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Fear is on every side.

What does Jeremiah 49:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. tents--in which they dwelt, from which they are called Scenites, that is, tent dwellers. curtains--namely, with which the tents were covered (Jr 4:20; 10:20; Psa 104:2). they shall cry unto them, Fear, &c.--The foe, on crying, Fear ..., shall discomfit them (the Kedarenes) by their mere cry.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Their tents and their flocks - This description of property shows that they were Scenite or Nomad Arabs; persons who dwell in tents, and whose principal property was cattle, especially camels, of the whole of which they were plundered by the Chaldeans.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 49:28-33

Nebuchadnezzar would make desolation among the people of Kedar, who dwelt in the deserts of Arabia. He who conquered many strong cities, will not leave those unconquered that dwell in tents. He will do this to gratify his own covetousness and ambition; but God orders it for correcting an unthankful people, and for warning a careless world to expect trouble when they seem most safe. They shall flee, get far off, and…

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Jeremiah 49:29 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.

אָהֳלֵיהֶ֤ם'o.ho.lei.Hemtents theirH168
וְצֹאנָם֙ve.tzo.Namand flock[s] theirH6629
יִקָּ֔חוּyi.Ka.chupeople will take awayH3947
יְרִיעוֹתֵיהֶ֧םye.ri.'o.tei.Hemtent curtains theirH3407
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
כְּלֵיהֶ֛םke.lei.Hemequipment<s> theirH3627
וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םu.ge.ma.lei.Hemand camels theirH1581
יִשְׂא֣וּyis.'Uthey will carry offH5375
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemfor <the> themselves
וְקָרְא֧וּve.ka.re.'Uand people will call outH7121
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם'a.lei.Hemto themH5921
מָג֖וֹרma.GorterrorH4032
מִסָּבִֽיב\׃mi.sa.Viv[is] from round aboutH5439

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Cross references for Jeremiah 49:29

  • Jeremiah 46:5

    Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 6:25

    Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

  • Habakkuk 3:7

    I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

  • Psalms 120:5

    Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

  • Jeremiah 49:24

    Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

  • Isaiah 13:20

    It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

  • Judges 6:5

    For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

  • Judges 8:26

    And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:8

    We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

  • Isaiah 60:7

    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

  • Judges 8:21

    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.

  • Job 1:3

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
tents.
Ps 120:5; Isa 13:20; 60:7
curtains.
4:20; 10:20; Hab 3:7
camels.
Ge 37:25; Jud 6:5; 7:12; 8:21,26; 1Ch 5:20,21; Job 1:3
Fear.
24; 6:25; 20:3,4; *marg:
46:5; Ps 31:13; 2Co 4:8; 7:5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 49:28

    Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

  • Jeremiah 49:29

    Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

  • Jeremiah 49:30

    Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

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Jeremiah 49:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sus tiendas y sus ganados tomarán: sus cortinas, y todos sus vasos, y sus camellos, tomarán para sí; y llamarán contra ellos miedo alrededor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
On prendra leurs tentes et leur menu bétail, on emmènera leurs tapis, et tous leurs bagages, et leurs chameaux; et on leur criera: La terreur de tous côtés!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihre Zelte und ihr Kleinvieh werden sie nehmen, ihre Zeltbehänge und alle ihre Geräte und ihre Kamele sich wegführen, und werden über sie ausrufen: Schrecken ringsum!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tabernacula eorum, et greges eorum capient: pelles eorum, et omnia vasa eorum, et camelos eorum tollent sibi, et vocabunt super eos formidinem in circuitu.