Jeremiah 8:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!”
Jeremiah 8:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 8:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 8:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!”
Jeremiah 8:15 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 8:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay! ”
Jeremiah 8:15 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 8:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Looking for peace--and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.”
Jeremiah 8:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 8:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Peace is looked for, and there is no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror. ”
Jeremiah 8:15 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 8:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“We looked for peace, but no good came, and for a time of health, and behold troubles.”
Jeremiah 8:15 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 8:15 in Context — Jeremiah 8
13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
What Does Jeremiah 8:15 Mean?
Jeremiah 8:15 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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