Jeremiah 25:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.”

Jeremiah 25:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 25:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 25:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They will drink, and reel back and forth, and be insane, because of the sword that I will send among them.””

Jeremiah 25:16 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 25:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. ”

Jeremiah 25:16 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 25:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And they have drunk, and shaken themselves and shewn themselves foolish, because of the sword that I am sending among them.”

Jeremiah 25:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 25:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. ”

Jeremiah 25:16 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 25:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And they shall drinke, and be moued and be mad, because of the sworde that I will sende among them.”

Jeremiah 25:16 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 25:16 in Context — Jeremiah 25

14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

15 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

17 Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:

18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

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What Does Jeremiah 25:16 Mean?

Jeremiah 25:16 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 25. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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