Jeremiah 17:6

Jeremiah chapter 17 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

Context

v.5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

v.6This passage

v.7Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.

Cross references

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

Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
Job 39:6
Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
Jeremiah 48:6
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
Job 8:11
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?
Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath ofGod’smouth shall he go away.
2 Kings 7:19
and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof: