Jeremiah 7:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.”
Jeremiah 7:31 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 7:31 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 7:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I didn’t command, nor did it come into my mind.”
Jeremiah 7:31 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 7:31 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind. ”
Jeremiah 7:31 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 7:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And have built the high places of Tophet, That <FI>are<Fi> in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart.”
Jeremiah 7:31 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 7:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither did it come up into my mind. ”
Jeremiah 7:31 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 7:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they haue built the hie place of Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben-Hinnom to burne their sonnes and their daughters in the fire, which I commanded them not, neither came it in mine heart.”
Jeremiah 7:31 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 7:31 in Context — Jeremiah 7
29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
What Does Jeremiah 7:31 Mean?
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