Jeremiah 26:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.”

Jeremiah 26:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 26:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 26:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“When Jeremiah had finished speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die!”

Jeremiah 26:8 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 26:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. ”

Jeremiah 26:8 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 26:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And it cometh to pass, at the completion of Jeremiah's speaking all that Jehovah hath commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people catch him, saying, Thou dost surely die,”

Jeremiah 26:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 26:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded [him] to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die. ”

Jeremiah 26:8 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 26:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Nowe when Ieremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speake vnto all the people, then the Priestes, and the prophets, and all the people tooke him, and saide, Thou shalt die the death.”

Jeremiah 26:8 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 26:8 in Context — Jeremiah 26

6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the Lord, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house.

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What Does Jeremiah 26:8 Mean?

Jeremiah 26:8 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 26. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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