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.

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What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee(A) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror(B) on every side,”
declares the Lord.

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Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For (A)fear was all around,” says the Lord.

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17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

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17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives!(A) Don’t look back,(B) and don’t stop anywhere in the plain!(C) Flee to the mountains(D) or you will be swept away!”

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17 So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that [a]he said, (A)“Escape for your life! (B)Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape (C)to the mountains, lest you be [b]destroyed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:17 LXX, Syr., Vg. they
  2. Genesis 19:17 Lit. swept away