Jeremiah 15 - Compare Translations
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Jeremiah 15:1
KJVThen said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
WEBThen Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto me: Though Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people, Send from before My face, and they go out.
Jeremiah 15:2
KJVAnd it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
WEBIt will happen, when they tell you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says:
YLTAnd it hath come to pass, when they say to thee, Whither do we go out? that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah: Those who [are] for death -- to death, And those who are for the sword, to the sword, And those who are for famine, to famine, And those who are for captivity, to captivity.
Jeremiah 15:3
KJVAnd I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
WEB“I will appoint over them four kinds,” says Yahweh: “the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
YLTAnd I have appointed over them four kinds, an affirmation of Jehovah, The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, And the fowl of the heavens, And the beast of the earth, to consume and to devour.
Jeremiah 15:4
KJVAnd I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
WEBI will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
YLTAnd I have given them for a trembling To all kingdoms of the earth, Because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For that which he did in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 15:5
KJVFor who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
WEBFor who will have pity on you, Jerusalem?
YLTFor who hath pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who doth bemoan for thee? And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare?
Jeremiah 15:6
KJVThou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
WEBYou have rejected me,” says Yahweh.
YLTThou -- thou hast left Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Backward thou goest, And I stretch out My hand against thee, And I destroy thee, I have been weary of repenting,
Jeremiah 15:7
KJVAnd I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways.
WEBI have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land.
YLTAnd I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land, I bereaved, I have destroyed My people, From their ways they turned not back.
Jeremiah 15:8
KJVTheir widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
WEBTheir widows are increased more than the sand of the seas;
YLTIts widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them -- against the mother -- A young man -- a spoiler -- at noon. I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble.
Jeremiah 15:9
KJVShe that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.
WEBShe who has borne seven languishes.
YLTLanguished hath the bearer of seven, She hath breathed out her spirit, Gone in hath her sun while yet day, It hath been ashamed and confounded, And their residue to the sword I give up before their enemies, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 15:10
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Jeremiah 15:11
KJVThe Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
WEBYahweh said,
YLTJehovah said, Did I not direct thee for good? Did not I intercede for thee in a time of evil, And in a time of adversity, with the enemy?
Jeremiah 15:12
KJVShall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
WEBCan one break iron,
YLTDoth one break iron -- northern iron, and brass?
Jeremiah 15:13
KJVThy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
WEBI will give your substance and your treasures for a plunder without price,
YLTThy strength and thy treasures For a prey I do give -- not for price, Even for all thy sins, and in all thy borders.
Jeremiah 15:14
KJVAnd I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
WEBI will make them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know;
YLTAnd I have caused thine enemies To pass over into the land -- Thou hast not known, For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, Against you it doth burn.
Jeremiah 15:15
KJVO Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
WEBYahweh, you know.
YLTThou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach.
Jeremiah 15:16
KJVThy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
WEBYour words were found,
YLTThy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.
Jeremiah 15:17
KJVI sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
WEBI didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice.
YLTI have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, -- Alone I have sat, For [with] indignation Thou hast filled me.
Jeremiah 15:18
KJVWhy is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
WEBWhy is my pain perpetual,
YLTWhy hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable? It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast.
Jeremiah 15:19
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
WEBTherefore Yahweh says,
YLTTherefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They -- they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them.
Jeremiah 15:20
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Jeremiah 15:21
KJVAnd I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
WEB“I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
YLTAnd I have delivered thee from the hand of evil doers, And I have ransomed thee From the hand of the terrible!
21 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT