Jeremiah 9 - Compare Translations
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Jeremiah 9:1
KJVOh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
WEBOh that my head were waters,
YLTWho doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
Jeremiah 9:2
KJVOh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
WEBOh that I had in the wilderness
YLTWho doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them [are] adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
Jeremiah 9:3
KJVAnd they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
WEB“They bend their tongue,
YLTAnd they bend their tongue, their bow [is] a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
Jeremiah 9:4
KJVTake ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
WEB“Everyone beware of his neighbor,
YLTEach of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,
Jeremiah 9:5
KJVAnd they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
WEBEveryone will deceive their neighbors,
YLTAnd each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.
Jeremiah 9:6
KJVThine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
WEBYour habitation is in the middle of deceit.
YLTthy dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 9:7
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
WEBTherefore Yahweh of Armies says,
YLTTherefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?
Jeremiah 9:8
KJVTheir tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
WEBTheir tongue is a deadly arrow.
YLTA slaughtering arrow [is] their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,
Jeremiah 9:9
KJVShall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
WEBShouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh.
YLTFor these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?
Jeremiah 9:10
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Jeremiah 9:11
KJVAnd I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
WEB“I will make Jerusalem heaps,
YLTAnd I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And the cities of Judah I make a desolation, Without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 9:12
KJVWho is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
WEBWho is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
YLTWho [is] the wise man? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.
Jeremiah 9:13
KJVAnd the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
WEBYahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
YLTAnd Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,
Jeremiah 9:14
KJVBut have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
WEBbut have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”
YLTAnd they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,
Jeremiah 9:15
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
WEBTherefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
YLTTherefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them -- this people -- to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
Jeremiah 9:16
KJVI will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
WEBI will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
YLTAnd I have scattered them among nations Which they knew not, they and their fathers, And have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them.
Jeremiah 9:17
KJVThus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
WEBYahweh of Armies says,
YLTThus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,
Jeremiah 9:18
KJVAnd let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
WEBLet them make haste,
YLTAnd they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.
Jeremiah 9:19
KJVFor a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
WEBFor a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion,
YLTFor -- a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How have we been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our tabernacles.
Jeremiah 9:20
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Jeremiah 9:21
KJVFor death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
WEBFor death has come up into our windows.
YLTFor death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.
Jeremiah 9:22
KJVSpeak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
WEBSpeak, “Yahweh says,
YLTSpeak thus -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And fallen hath the carcase of man, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.
Jeremiah 9:23
KJVThus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
WEBYahweh says,
YLTThus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,
Jeremiah 9:24
KJVBut let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
WEBBut let him who glories glory in this,
YLTBut -- in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I [am] Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 9:25
KJVBehold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
WEB“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:
YLTLo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
Jeremiah 9:26
KJVEgypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
WEBEgypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
YLTOn Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!
26 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT