Category: Jeremiah

  • Jeremiah 5:1

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

  • Jeremiah 5:2

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

  • Jeremiah 4:30

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

    King James Version (KJV):
    And [when] thou [art] spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

  • Jeremiah 4:31

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, [saying], Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.

    King James Version (KJV):
    For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, [and] the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, [that] bewaileth herself, [that] spreadeth her hands, [saying], Woe [is] me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

  • Jeremiah 4:28

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

    King James Version (KJV):
    For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken [it], I have purposed [it], and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

  • Jeremiah 4:29

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Every city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.

    King James Version (KJV):
    The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city [shall be] forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

  • Jeremiah 4:24

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

    King James Version (KJV):
    I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

  • Jeremiah 4:25

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

    King James Version (KJV):
    I beheld, and, lo, [there was] no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

  • Jeremiah 4:26

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, [and] before his fierce anger.

    King James Version (KJV):
    I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place [was] a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, [and] by his fierce anger.

  • Jeremiah 4:27

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

    King James Version (KJV):
    For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.