Jeremiah 5:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.”
Jeremiah 5:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 5:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 5:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backsliding has increased.”
Jeremiah 5:6 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 5:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. ”
Jeremiah 5:6 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 5:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.”
Jeremiah 5:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 5:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall waste them; the leopard lurketh against their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces: for their transgressions are multiplied, their backslidings are increased. ”
Jeremiah 5:6 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 5:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore a lyon out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolfe of the wildernesse shall destroy them: a leopard shall watch ouer their cities: euery one that goeth out thence, shall be torne in pieces, because their trespasses are many, and their rebellions are increased.”
Jeremiah 5:6 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 5:6 in Context — Jeremiah 5
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
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What Does Jeremiah 5:6 Mean?
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