Jeremiah 10:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.”

Jeremiah 10:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 10:20 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 10:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“My tent has been destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, to set up my curtains.”

Jeremiah 10:20 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 10:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. ”

Jeremiah 10:20 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 10:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“My tent hath been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out any more my tent, And raising up my curtains.”

Jeremiah 10:20 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 10:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“My tent is despoiled, and all my cords are broken; my children are gone forth from me, and they are not; there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. ”

Jeremiah 10:20 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 10:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“My tabernacle is destroyed, and all my coardes are broken: my children are gone from me, and are not: there is none to spread out my tent any more, and to set vp my curtaines.”

Jeremiah 10:20 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 10:20 in Context — Jeremiah 10

18 For 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.

19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

22 Behold, 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.

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What Does Jeremiah 10:20 Mean?

Jeremiah 10:20 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 10. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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