Jeremiah 2:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?”
Jeremiah 2:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 2:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 2:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?”
Jeremiah 2:21 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 2:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me? ”
Jeremiah 2:21 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 2:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine?”
Jeremiah 2:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 2:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I, — I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me? ”
Jeremiah 2:21 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 2:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Yet I had planted thee, a noble vine, whose plants were all natural: howe then art thou turned vnto me into the plants of a strange vine?”
Jeremiah 2:21 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 2:21 in Context — Jeremiah 2
19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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What Does Jeremiah 2:21 Mean?
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