Jeremiah 18:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.”
Jeremiah 18:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 18:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 18:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.”
Jeremiah 18:16 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 18:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head. ”
Jeremiah 18:16 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 18:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head.”
Jeremiah 18:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 18:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head. ”
Jeremiah 18:16 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 18:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“To make their land desolate and a perpetual derision, so that euery one that passeth thereby, shalbe astonished and wagge his head,”
Jeremiah 18:16 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 18:16 in Context — Jeremiah 18
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.
18 Then 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.
What Does Jeremiah 18:16 Mean?
Jeremiah 18:16 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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