Category: Jeremiah

  • Jeremiah 5:21

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

    King James Version (KJV):
    Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

  • Jeremiah 5:22

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand [for] the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

  • Jeremiah 5:19

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these [things] unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land [that is] not yours.

  • Jeremiah 5:20

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

    King James Version (KJV):
    Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

  • Jeremiah 5:15

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

  • Jeremiah 5:16

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.

  • Jeremiah 5:17

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

  • Jeremiah 5:18

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.

  • Jeremiah 5:13

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And the prophets shall become wind, and the word [is] not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

  • Jeremiah 5:14

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.