Jeremiah 8:17
What does Jeremiah 8:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 8:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Context
v.16The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.
v.17This passage
v.18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Amos 9:3
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
- Isaiah 14:29
Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
- Amos 5:19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
- Numbers 21:6
And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
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