Jeremiah 5:29
What does Jeremiah 5:29 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 5:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- Jeremiah 9:9
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 5:9
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
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