Jeremiah 9:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.”
Jeremiah 9:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 9:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 9:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.”
Jeremiah 9:21 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 9:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. ”
Jeremiah 9:21 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 9:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.”
Jeremiah 9:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 9:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the broadways. ”
Jeremiah 9:21 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 9:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For death is come vp into our windowes, and is entred into our palaces, to destroy the children without, and the yong men in the streetes.”
Jeremiah 9:21 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 9:21 in Context — Jeremiah 9
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
What Does Jeremiah 9:21 Mean?
Jeremiah 9:21 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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