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Jeremiah 4:23

What does Jeremiah 4:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 4:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I looked <FI>to<Fi> the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Context

v.22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

v.23This passage

v.24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

Cross references

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

  • Joel 2:30

    And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

  • Matthew 24:29

    But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

  • Matthew 24:35

    Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

  • Jeremiah 9:10

    For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.

  • Genesis 1:2

    And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

  • Revelation 20:11

    And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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