Jeremiah 28:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.”

Jeremiah 28:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 28:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 28:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, of evil, and of pestilence.”

Jeremiah 28:8 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 28:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. ”

Jeremiah 28:8 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 28:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“The prophets who have been before me, and before thee, from of old, even they prophesy concerning many lands, and concerning great kingdoms, of battle, and of evil, and of pestilence.”

Jeremiah 28:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 28:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied also concerning many countries and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. ”

Jeremiah 28:8 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 28:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The Prophets that haue beene before mee and before thee in time past, prophecied against many countreyes, and against great kingdomes, of warre, and of plagues, and of pestilence.”

Jeremiah 28:8 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 28:8 in Context — Jeremiah 28

6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord do so: the Lord perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the Lord’s house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.

7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;

8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent him.

10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

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What Does Jeremiah 28:8 Mean?

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