Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
How wilt thou say, I was not defiled? I went not after the Baalims? See thy way in the valley, know what thou didst; a young she camel entangling her ways;
New American Standard Bible
I have not gone after the
Look at your way in the
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel
King James Version
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Holman Bible
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,
International Standard Version
"How can you say, "I'm not defiled. I haven't gone after the Baals.'? Look at what you've done in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift young camel galloping aimlessly;
A Conservative Version
How can thou say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baalim? See thy way in the valley. Know what thou have done, a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
American Standard Version
How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Amplified
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,
I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’?
Look at your way in the valley;
Know [without any doubt] what you have done!
You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,
Bible in Basic English
How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;
Darby Translation
How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done a swift dromedary traversing her ways!
King James 2000
How can you say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"How can you say, 'I have not defiled myself, I have not gone after the Baals?' Look at your way in the valley, know what you have done. [You are] a young she-camel, interweaving her ways.
Modern King James verseion
How can you say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baals? See your way in the valley, know what you have done! You are a swift camel crossing its ways;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Say not now, 'I am not unclean, and I have not followed Baal.' Look upon thy own ways in the woods, valleys and dens: so shalt thou know, what thou hast done. Thou art like a swift Dromedary that goeth easily his way:
NET Bible
"How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
New Heart English Bible
"How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
The Emphasized Bible
How canst thou say, I have not defiled myself, After the Baalim, have I not gone? See thy way, in the valley, Own what thou hast done, - A nimble young she-camel, crossing her own ways;
Webster
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
World English Bible
"How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. [You are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Youngs Literal Translation
How sayest thou, 'I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,
Themes
Animals » Names of » Dromedaries, used as beasts if burden
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Israel in their love of idols
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Jeremiah expostulates against the worship of
Camels » The dromedary a species of, remarkable for swiftness
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Consequences Of Apostasy
22 For if thou shalt wash thyself with nitre, and thou shalt increase to thee cleansing, thine iniquity was graven before me, says the Lord Jehovah. 23 How wilt thou say, I was not defiled? I went not after the Baalims? See thy way in the valley, know what thou didst; a young she camel entangling her ways; 24 A wild ass accustomed to the desert in gratifying her soul, panting after the wind in her heat; who shall turn her back? all seeking her will not be wearied; in her new moon they shall find her.
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:31
And they built heights to Tophet which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in fire; which I commanded not, and it came not upon my heart.
Proverbs 30:12
A generation pure in its eyes, and not washed from its finding.
Genesis 3:12-13
And the man will say, The woman which thou gavest with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I shall eat
1 Samuel 15:13-14
And Samuel will come to Saul: and Saul will say to him, Blessed thou of Jehovah: I set up the word of Jehovah.
Esther 8:16
There was to the Jews light and gladness and joy and honor.
Psalm 36:2
For he made smooth to himself in his eyes, to find his iniquity to hate.
Psalm 50:21
These things thou didst and I was silent; thou thoughtest, being, I shall be like to thee: I will reprove thee, and I will set it in order before thine eyes.
Proverbs 28:13
He covering his transgression shall not prosper: but he confessing and forsaking, shall be compassionated.
Proverbs 30:20
So the way of a woman committing adultery; eating and wiping her mouth, and saying, I transgressed not
Isaiah 57:5-6
Being comforted with gods under every green tree, slaughtering the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Jeremiah 2:33-35
How wilt thou make good thy way to seek love? for this also thou didst teach the evil ones thy ways.
Jeremiah 3:2
Lift up thine eyes upon the naked hills and see where thou wert not lain with. Upon the ways thou didst sit for them as the ravens in the desert; and thou wilt defile the land with thy fornications and with thine evil
Jeremiah 9:14
And they went after the stubbornness of their heart, and after the Baalims which their fathers taught them.
Jeremiah 31:22
How long wilt thou wander about, O daughter turning away? for Jehovah created a new thing in the earth: A female shall go about a male.
Ezekiel 16:1-63
And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,
Ezekiel 23:1-49
The word of Jehovah will come to me, saying,
Luke 10:29
And he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor
Romans 3:19
And we know that whatever says the law, it speaks to them in the law: that every mouth be shut, and all the world be culpable to God.
1 John 1:8-10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Revelation 3:17-18
For thou sayest, That I am rich, and have abounded, and have need of nothing; and thou knowest not that thou art wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked;