Jeremiah 7:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:”
Jeremiah 7:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 7:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 7:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt,”
Jeremiah 7:6 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 7:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt: ”
Jeremiah 7:6 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 7:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,”
Jeremiah 7:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 7:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“[if] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after othergods to your hurt; ”
Jeremiah 7:6 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 7:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And oppresse not the stranger, the fatherlesse and the widow and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walke after other gods to your destruction,”
Jeremiah 7:6 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 7:6 in Context — Jeremiah 7
4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.
5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
What Does Jeremiah 7:6 Mean?
Jeremiah 7:6 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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