Jeremiah 18:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Because 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;”

Jeremiah 18:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 18:15 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 18:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,”

Jeremiah 18:15 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 18:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up; ”

Jeremiah 18:15 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 18:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“But 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 18:15 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 18:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For my people hath forgotten me: they burn incense to vanity; and they have caused them to stumble in their ways, the ancient paths, to walk in by-paths of a way not cast up; ”

Jeremiah 18:15 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 18:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Because my people hath forgotten me, and haue burnt incense to vanitie, and their prophets haue caused them to stumble in their wayes from the auncient wayes, to walke in the pathes and way that is not troden,”

Jeremiah 18:15 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 18:15 in Context — Jeremiah 18

13 Therefore 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.

14 Will 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?

15 Because 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;

16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

17 I 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.

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What Does Jeremiah 18:15 Mean?

Jeremiah 18:15 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 18. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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