Jeremiah 18 - Compare Translations
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Jeremiah 18:1
KJVThe word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
WEBThe word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
YLTThe word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
Jeremiah 18:2
KJVArise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
WEB“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
YLTRise, and thou hast gone down [to] the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;
Jeremiah 18:3
KJVThen I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
WEBThen I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
YLTand I go down [to] the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,
Jeremiah 18:4
KJVAnd the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
WEBWhen the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
YLTand marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make.
Jeremiah 18:5
KJVThen the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
WEBThen Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
YLTAnd there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:
Jeremiah 18:6
KJVO house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
WEB“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
YLTAs this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So [are] ye in My hand, O house of Israel.
Jeremiah 18:7
KJVAt what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
WEBAt the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
YLTThe moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,
Jeremiah 18:8
KJVIf that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
WEBif that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
YLTAnd that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.
Jeremiah 18:9
KJVAnd at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
WEBAt the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
YLTAnd the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,
Jeremiah 18:10
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Jeremiah 18:11
KJVNow therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
WEB“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’
YLTAnd now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings.
Jeremiah 18:12
KJVAnd they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
WEBBut they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
YLTAnd they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.
Jeremiah 18:13
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
WEBTherefore Yahweh says:
YLTTherefore, thus said Jehovah: Ask, I pray you, among the nations, Who hath heard like these? A very horrible thing hath the virgin of Israel done.
Jeremiah 18:14
KJVWill a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
WEBWill the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field?
YLTDoth snow of Lebanon Cease from the rock of the field? Failed are the cold strange waters that flow?
Jeremiah 18:15
KJVBecause my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
WEBFor my people have forgotten me.
YLTBut My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways -- paths of old, To walk in paths -- a way not raised up,
Jeremiah 18:16
KJVTo make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
WEBto make their land an astonishment,
YLTTo make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.
Jeremiah 18:17
KJVI will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
WEBI will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy.
YLTAs an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'
Jeremiah 18:18
KJVThen said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
WEBThen they said, “Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
YLTAnd they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.
Jeremiah 18:19
KJVGive heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
WEBGive heed to me, Yahweh,
YLTGive attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.
Jeremiah 18:20
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Jeremiah 18:21
KJVTherefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
WEBTherefore deliver up their children to the famine,
YLTTherefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,
Jeremiah 18:22
KJVLet a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
WEBLet a cry be heard from their houses,
YLTA cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.
Jeremiah 18:23
KJVYet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
WEBYet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me.
YLTAnd Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me [is] for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!
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