Jeremiah 9:20
What does Jeremiah 9:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 9:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But even now, give ear to the word of the Lord, O you women; let your ears be open to the word of his mouth, training your daughters to give cries of sorrow, everyone teaching her neighbour a song of grief.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862But hear, ye women, a word of Jehovah, And your ear receiveth a word of His mouth, And teach ye your daughters wailing, and each her neighbour lamentation.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Hear therefore, ye women, the word of the Lord: and let your ears receive the word of his mouth: and teach your daughters wailing: and every one her neighbour mourning.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation.
Context
v.19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
v.20This passage
v.21For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
- Isaiah 32:9
Rise up, ye women that are at ease, andhear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
- Isaiah 3:16
Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;
- Job 22:22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
- Isaiah 3:4
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
- Jeremiah 9:17
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:
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