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Jeremiah 16:17

What does Jeremiah 16:17 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 16:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For Mine eyes <FI>are<Fi> upon all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before Mine eyes.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not concealed from my face, neither is their iniquity hidden from before mine eyes.

Context

v.16Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

v.17This passage

v.18And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 32:19

    great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;

  • Jeremiah 23:24

    Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

  • Proverbs 5:21

    For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

  • Proverbs 15:3

    The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

  • Ezekiel 8:12

    Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.

  • Psalms 139:3

    Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

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