Jeremiah 48:9 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.

English ASV

Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

English Amplified

Give wings to Moab, for [by that means only] she will flee and get away; her cities will be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Give wings to Moab, for [by that means only] she will flee and get away; her cities will be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Make Moab a salt marsh, for she will run away; her towns will become a desolation, without inhabitant.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant.

English EASY 2024

Dig a grave to bury Moab! Its land will become like a desert. Its cities will become heaps of stones. Nobody will live in them.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Spread salt over the fields in Moab. The country will be an empty desert. Moab's towns will become empty. No one will live in them.

"Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Set up a tombstone for Moab; it will soon be destroyed. Its towns will be left in ruins, and no one will live there again.” (

English God's Word - GW 1995

Put salt on Moab. It will be destroyed. Its cities will become deserted ruins.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Make Moab a salt marsh, for she will run away; her towns will become a desolation, without inhabitant.

English KJV 1611

Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

English LSB

Give wings to Moab, For she will flee away; And her cities will become a desolation, Without inhabitants in them.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Give wings to Moab, that she may flee and get away; for the cities will become desolate, without any to dwell in them.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Give wings to Moab, For she will flee away; And her cities will become a desolation, Without inhabitants in them.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Set up a memorial for Moab, for it is an utter wasteland; Its cities are turned into ruins where no one dwells.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Sprinkle salt all over Moab. It will be completely destroyed. Its towns will be a dry and empty desert. No one will live in them.

English NIV

Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her towns will become desolate, with no one to live in them.

English NKJ 1982

“Give wings to Moab, That she may flee and get away; For her cities shall be desolate, Without any to dwell in them.

English NLT

Oh, that Moab had wings so she could fly away, for her cities will be left empty, with no one living in them.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Set aside salt for Moab, for she will surely fall; her towns shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Give Moab wings so she can fly away. Her cities will be empty and desolate with no one living in them.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

“Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Oh, for wings for Moab that she could fly away, for her cities shall be left without a living soul.

English Tyndale 1537

Make a token unto Moab, that she get her away speedily: for her cities shall be made so desolate, that no man shall dwell therein.

Jeremiah 48:9 — Compare Translations