Berean Standard Bible
“Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!”
Jeremiah 14 describes a severe drought and the prophet's intercession for the people. In the middle of his prayer he appeals to God's presence among them, a presence that appeared to be absent in the crisis.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
World English Bible (WEB)
Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.
King James Version (KJV)
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, are with us, and we are named by your name; do not go away from us.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
¿Por qué has de ser como hombre atónito, y como valiente que no puede librar? tú empero estás entre nosotros, oh Jehová, y sobre nosotros es invocado tu nombre; no nos desampares.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
¿No tienes poder para salvarnos? ¡Oh Señor, tú estás aquí en nuestro medio, y nosotros nos identificamos con tu nombre, como pueblo tuyo se nos conoce! ¡Oh Señor, no nos abandones ahora!
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