Jeremiah 34:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.”
Jeremiah 34:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 34:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 34:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I will even give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.”
Jeremiah 34:20 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 34:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth. ”
Jeremiah 34:20 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 34:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“yea, I have given them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcase hath been for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth.”
Jeremiah 34:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 34:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“them will I give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their carcases shall be food for the fowl of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.”
Jeremiah 34:20 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 34:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I wil euen giue them into the hand of their enemies, and into the handes of them that seeke their life: and their dead bodies shalbe for meate vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the earth.”
Jeremiah 34:20 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 34:20 in Context — Jeremiah 34
18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;
20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you.
22 Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
What Does Jeremiah 34:20 Mean?
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