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Links to all Books and Chapters Today's Date: ======= Jeremiah 12:1 ============ Jer 12:1 Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You; Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease? (nasb) Jer 12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?(kjv) Jer 12:1 Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:2 ============ Jer 12:2 You have planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have even produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their mind. (nasb) Jer 12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.(kjv) Jer 12:2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth But far from their mind.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:3 ============ Jer 12:3 But You know me, O Lord; You see me; And You examine my heart's attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage! (nasb) Jer 12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.(kjv) Jer 12:3 But You, O Lord, know me; You have seen me, And You have tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the day of slaughter.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:4 ============ Jer 12:4 How long is the land to mourn And the vegetation of the countryside to wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, Animals and birds have been snatched away, Because men have said, "He will not see our latter ending."(nasb) Jer 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.(kjv) Jer 12:4 How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, "He will not see our final end."(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:5 ============ Jer 12:5 "If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, Then how can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket of the Jordan? (nasb) Jer 12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?(kjv) Jer 12:5 "If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:6 ============ Jer 12:6 "For even your brothers and the household of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you, Even they have cried aloud after you. Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you." (nasb) Jer 12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.(kjv) Jer 12:6 For even your brothers, the house of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you; Yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, Even though they speak smooth words to you.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:7 ============ Jer 12:7 "I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies. (nasb) Jer 12:7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.(kjv) Jer 12:7 "I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:8 ============ Jer 12:8 "My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her. (nasb) Jer 12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.(kjv) Jer 12:8 My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; It cries out against Me; Therefore I have hated it.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:9 ============ Jer 12:9 "Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the birds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour! (nasb) Jer 12:9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.(kjv) Jer 12:9 My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture; The vultures all around are against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:10 ============ Jer 12:10 "Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness. (nasb) Jer 12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.(kjv) Jer 12:10 "Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:11 ============ Jer 12:11 "It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart. (nasb) Jer 12:11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.(kjv) Jer 12:11 They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:12 ============ Jer 12:12 "On all the bare heights in the wilderness Destroyers have come, For a sword of the Lord is devouring From one end of the land even to the other; There is no peace for anyone. (nasb) Jer 12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.(kjv) Jer 12:12 The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the Lord shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:13 ============ Jer 12:13 "They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, They have strained themselves to no profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the Lord."(nasb) Jer 12:13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.(kjv) Jer 12:13 They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain but do not profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the Lord."(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:14 ============ Jer 12:14 Thus says the Lord concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel," Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them. (nasb) Jer 12:14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.(kjv) Jer 12:14 Thus says the Lord: "Against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit--behold, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:15 ============ Jer 12:15 And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land. (nasb) Jer 12:15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.(kjv) Jer 12:15 Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:16 ============ Jer 12:16 Then if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the Lord lives, 'even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of My people. (nasb) Jer 12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.(kjv) Jer 12:16 And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the Lord lives,' as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 12:17 ============ Jer 12:17 But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it," declares the Lord. (nasb) Jer 12:17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.(kjv) Jer 12:17 But if they do not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation," says the Lord.(nkjv) ======= Jeremiah 13:1 ============ Jer 13:1 Thus the Lord said to me, "Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."(nasb) Jer 13:1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.(kjv) Jer 13:1 Thus the Lord said to me: "Go and get yourself a linen sash, and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."(nkjv) |
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