Jeremiah 2:30 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.”
Jeremiah 2:30 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 2:30 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 2:30 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.”
Jeremiah 2:30 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 2:30 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. ”
Jeremiah 2:30 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 2:30 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.”
Jeremiah 2:30 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 2:30 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. ”
Jeremiah 2:30 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 2:30 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I haue smitten your children in vaine, they receiued no correction: your owne sworde hath deuoured your Prophets like a destroying lyon.”
Jeremiah 2:30 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 2:30 in Context — Jeremiah 2
28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
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What Does Jeremiah 2:30 Mean?
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