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Jeremiah 12:5 NIV: "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?
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If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If thou hast wearied with running with footmen, how canst thou contend with horses? and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of Jordan?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and <i>if</i> in the land of peace, <i>wherein</i> thou trustedst, <i>they wearied thee</i>, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For -- with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, In which thou art confident -- And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Jeremiah 12:5 Additional Translations ...</a></span></div><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Jeremiah 12:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Jeremiah 12:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Jeremiah 12:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Jeremiah 12:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Jeremiah 12:5 NKJV</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Jeremiah 12:5 KJV</a><br /><br /> <br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/12-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/12-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><br><br><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3753401421161123"; /* 200 x 200 Parallel Bible */ google_ad_slot = "7676643937"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div><br><br><br><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>