Jeremiah 48:38
What does Jeremiah 48:38 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 48:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949On all the house-tops of Moab and in its streets there is weeping everywhere; for Moab has been broken like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it--<FI> is<Fi> lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890It is wholly lamentation upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the public places thereof; for I have broken Moab, like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith Jehovah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 25:34
Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes, ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.
- Psalms 2:9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
- Romans 9:21
Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
- Revelation 2:27
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of my Father:
- 2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor.
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