Jeremiah 23:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.”
Jeremiah 23:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 23:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 23:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.”
Jeremiah 23:12 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 23:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah. ”
Jeremiah 23:12 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 23:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.”
Jeremiah 23:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 23:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah. ”
Jeremiah 23:12 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 23:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore their way shalbe vnto them as slipperie wayes in the darknesse: they shalbe driuen foorth and fall therein: for I will bring a plague vpon them, euen the yeere of their visitation, saith the Lord.”
Jeremiah 23:12 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 23:12 in Context — Jeremiah 23
10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.
12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
What Does Jeremiah 23:12 Mean?
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