Jeremiah 10 - Compare Translations
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Jeremiah 10:1
KJVHear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
WEBHear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!
YLTHear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.
Jeremiah 10:2
KJVThus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
WEBYahweh says,
YLTThus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.
Jeremiah 10:3
KJVFor the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
WEBFor the customs of the peoples are vanity;
YLTFor the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,
Jeremiah 10:4
KJVThey deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
WEBThey deck it with silver and with gold.
YLTWith silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
Jeremiah 10:5
KJVThey are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
WEBThey are like a palm tree, of turned work,
YLTAs a palm they [are] stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.
Jeremiah 10:6
KJVForasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
WEBThere is no one like you, Yahweh.
YLTBecause there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great [art] Thou, and great Thy name in might.
Jeremiah 10:7
KJVWho would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
WEBWho shouldn’t fear you,
YLTWho doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.
Jeremiah 10:8
KJVBut they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
WEBBut they are together brutish and foolish,
YLTAnd in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.
Jeremiah 10:9
KJVSilver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
WEBThere is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish,
YLTSpread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artizan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple [is] their clothing, Work of the skilful -- all of them.
Jeremiah 10:10
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Jeremiah 10:11
KJVThus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
WEB“You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.’”
YLTThus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.
Jeremiah 10:12
KJVHe hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
WEBGod has made the earth by his power.
YLTThe maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,
Jeremiah 10:13
KJVWhen he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
WEBWhen he utters his voice,
YLTAt the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.
Jeremiah 10:14
KJVEvery man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
WEBEvery man has become brutish and without knowledge.
YLTBrutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10:15
KJVThey are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
WEBThey are vanity, a work of delusion.
YLTVanity [are] they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.
Jeremiah 10:16
KJVThe portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.
WEBThe portion of Jacob is not like these;
YLTNot like these [is] the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things [is] He, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
Jeremiah 10:17
KJVGather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
WEBGather up your wares out of the land,
YLTGather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,
Jeremiah 10:18
KJVFor thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
WEBFor Yahweh says,
YLTFor thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.
Jeremiah 10:19
KJVWoe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
WEBWoe is me because of my injury!
YLTWo to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.
Jeremiah 10:20
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Jeremiah 10:21
KJVFor the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
WEBFor the shepherds have become brutish,
YLTFor the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.
Jeremiah 10:22
KJVBehold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
WEBThe voice of news, behold, it comes,
YLTA voice of a report, lo, it hath come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.
Jeremiah 10:23
KJVO Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
WEBYahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself.
YLTI have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.
Jeremiah 10:24
KJVO Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
WEBYahweh, correct me, but gently;
YLTChastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.
Jeremiah 10:25
KJVPour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
WEBPour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you,
YLTPour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!
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