Jeremiah 49:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.”

Jeremiah 49:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 49:13 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 49:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For I have sworn by myself,” says Yahweh, “that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. All its cities will be perpetual wastes.””

Jeremiah 49:13 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. ”

Jeremiah 49:13 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 49:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“For, by Myself, I have sworn, An affirmation of Jehovah, That for a desolation, for a reproach, For a waste, and for a reviling--is Bozrah, And all her cities are for wastes age-during.”

Jeremiah 49:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 49:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. ”

Jeremiah 49:13 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 49:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For I haue sworne by my selfe, sayeth the Lord, that Bozrah shall be waste, and for a reproche, and a desolation, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetuall desolations.”

Jeremiah 49:13 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 49:13 in Context — Jeremiah 49

11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

12 For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

14 I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

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