Jeremiah 2:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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;”
Jeremiah 2:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 2:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 2:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,”
Jeremiah 2:23 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 2:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; ”
Jeremiah 2:23 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 2:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,”
Jeremiah 2:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 2:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done — a swift dromedary traversing her ways! ”
Jeremiah 2:23 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 2:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Howe canst thou say, I am not polluted, neither haue I followed Baalim? beholde thy waies in the valley, and know, what thou hast done: thou art like a swift dromedarie, that runneth by his waies.”
Jeremiah 2:23 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 2:23 in Context — Jeremiah 2
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;
24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
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What Does Jeremiah 2:23 Mean?
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