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Jeremiah 2:34

What does Jeremiah 2:34 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 2:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but [it is found] upon all these.

Context

v.33How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.

v.34This passage

v.35Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 7:31

    And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind.

  • Psalms 106:37

    Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

  • Jeremiah 8:12

    Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

  • Isaiah 59:7

    Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

  • Ezekiel 24:7

    For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.

  • Isaiah 57:5

    ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

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