Jeremiah 5:30
What does Jeremiah 5:30 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 5:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:
KJV
King James Version · 1611A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- Jeremiah 23:14
In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
- Hosea 6:10
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
- Jeremiah 2:12
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.
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