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Jeremiah 2:18

NETBible	What good will it do you¹ then² to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians?³ What good will it do you⁴ to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?⁵
NIV © biblegateway Jer 2:18	Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Shihor? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the River?
NASB © biblegateway Jer 2:18	"But 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?
NLT © biblegateway Jer 2:18	"What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt and Assyria? What good to you are the waters of the Nile and the Euphrates?
MSG © biblegateway Jer 2:18	"And now, what do you think you'll get by going off to Egypt? Maybe a cool drink of Nile River water? Or what do you think you'll get by going off to Assyria? Maybe a long drink of Euphrates River water?
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 2:18	And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 2:18	What then do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Nile? Or what do you gain by going to Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 2:18	And now why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River?
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KJV	And now what hast thou to do in the way <01870> of Egypt <04714>_, to drink <08354> (8800) the waters <04325> of Sihor <07883>_? or what hast thou to do in the way <01870> of Assyria <0804>_, to drink <08354> (8800) the waters <04325> of the river <05104>_?
NASB © biblegateway Jer 2:18	"But now <06258> what <04100> are you doing on the road <01870> to Egypt <04714> , To drink <08354> the waters <04325> of the Nile <07883> ? Or what <04100> are you doing on the road <01870> to Assyria <0804> , To drink <08354> the waters <04325> of the Euphrates <05104> ?
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ nun <3568> ADV ti <5100> I-ASN soi <4771> P-DS kai <2532> CONJ th <3588> T-DSF odw <3598> N-DSF aiguptou <125> N-GSF tou <3588> T-GSN piein <4095> V-AAN udwr <5204> N-ASN ghwn {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ ti <5100> I-ASN soi <4771> P-DS kai <2532> CONJ th <3588> T-DSF odw <3598> N-DSF assuriwn {N-GPM} tou <3588> T-GSN piein <4095> V-AAN udwr <5204> N-ASN potamwn <4215> N-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	What <04100> good will it do you then to go down to <01870> Egypt <04714> to seek help <04325> <08354> from the Egyptians? What <04100> good will it do you to go over <01870> to Assyria to seek help <04325> <08354> from the Assyrians <0804> ?
HEBREW	rhn <05104> ym <04325> twtsl <08354> rwsa <0804> Krdl <01870> Kl <0> hmw <04100> rwxs <07883> ym <04325> twtsl <08354> Myrum <04714> Krdl <01870> Kl <0> hm <04100> htew (2:18) <06258>

NETBible

What good will it do you¹ then² to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians?³ What good will it do you⁴ to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?⁵

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “What to you to the way.”

²tn The introductory particle וְעַתָּה (vÿ’attah, “and now”) carries a logical, not temporal, connotation here (cf. BDB 274 s.v. עַתָּה 2.b).

³tn Heb “to drink water from the Shihor [a branch of the Nile].” The reference is to seeking help through political alliance with Egypt as opposed to trusting in God for help. This is an extension of the figure in 2:13.

⁴tn Heb “What to you to the way.”

⁵tn Heb “to drink water from the River [a common designation in biblical Hebrew for the Euphrates River].” This refers to seeking help through political alliance. See the preceding note.