Jeremiah 6:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.”
Jeremiah 6:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 6:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 6:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen!’”
Jeremiah 6:17 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 6:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken. ”
Jeremiah 6:17 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 6:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'”
Jeremiah 6:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 6:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Also I have set watchmen over you: — Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. ”
Jeremiah 6:17 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 6:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Also I set watchmen ouer you, which said, Take heede to the sound of the trumpet: but they said, We will not take heede.”
Jeremiah 6:17 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 6:17 in Context — Jeremiah 6
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
What Does Jeremiah 6:17 Mean?
Jeremiah 6:17 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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