Jeremiah 2:18

18 And now ⌊why do you go⌋z the way of Egypt

to drink the waters of the Shihor?

And ⌊why do you go⌋a the way of Assyria

to drink the waters of the ⌊Euphrates⌋?b

Jeremiah 2:18 — The New International Version (NIV)

18 Now why go to Egypt

to drink water from the Nile?

And why go to Assyria

to drink water from the Euphrates?

Jeremiah 2:18 — English Standard Version (ESV)

18 And now what 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?

Jeremiah 2:18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

Jeremiah 2:18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

18 “What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt

and your covenants with Assyria?

What good to you are the streams of the Nile

or the waters of the Euphrates River?

Jeremiah 2:18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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?

Jeremiah 2:18 — New Century Version (NCV)

18 It did not help to go to Egypt

and drink from the Shihor River.

It did not help to go to Assyria

and drink from the Euphrates River.

Jeremiah 2:18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

18 And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Jeremiah 2:18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

18 And now, what hast thou to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? And what hast thou to do with the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?