Jeremiah 44:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.”
Jeremiah 44:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 44:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 44:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.””
Jeremiah 44:18 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 44:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. ”
Jeremiah 44:18 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 44:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And from the time we have ceased to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, we have lacked all, and by sword and by famine we have been consumed,”
Jeremiah 44:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 44:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. ”
Jeremiah 44:18 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 44:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But since wee left off to burne incense to the Queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offerings vnto her, we haue had scarcenesse of all things, and haue beene consumed by the sworde and by the famine.”
Jeremiah 44:18 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 44:18 in Context — Jeremiah 44
16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
What Does Jeremiah 44:18 Mean?
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