Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
with your hands on your head
since the Lord has rejected those you trust;
you will not succeed even with their help.
New American Standard Bible
With
For the Lord has rejected
And you will not prosper with them.”
King James Version
Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
International Standard Version
You will also go out from this place with your hands over your heads. For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won't prosper through them."
A Conservative Version
Thou shall also go forth from there with thy hands upon thy head. For LORD has rejected those in whom thou trust. And thou shall not prosper with them.
American Standard Version
From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.
Amplified
“From Egypt also you will come away [as captives]
With your hands on your head;
For the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust (confide),
And you will not be successful with them.”
Bible in Basic English
Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt indeed go forth from her with thy hands upon thy head; for Jehovah hath rejected those thou confidest in, and thou shalt not prosper by them.
Julia Smith Translation
Also from this thou wilt go forth and thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah rejected thy trusts and thou shalt not give success to them.
King James 2000
Yea, you shall go forth from him, with your hands upon your head: for the LORD has rejected your trusted ones, and you shall not prosper in them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Also from there you will come out with your hands on your head, for Yahweh has rejected {those in whom you trust}, and you will not prosper through them.
Modern King James verseion
Yes, you shall go out from this place, and your hands on your head. For Jehovah has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, thou shalt go thy way from them, and smite thine hands together upon thy head. Because the LORD shall bring that confidence and hope of thine to naught, and thou shalt not prosper withal."
NET Bible
Moreover, you will come away from Egypt with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame because the Lord will not allow your reliance on them to be successful and you will not gain any help from them.
New Heart English Bible
From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.
The Emphasized Bible
Even from this one, shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head, - For Yahweh hath rejected those in whom thou confidest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.
Webster
Yes, thou shalt go forth from him, and thy hands upon thy head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
World English Bible
From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences, And thou dost not give prosperity to them!
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Deserves To Be Punished
36
constantly changing your ways!
You will be put to shame by Egypt
just as you were put to shame by Assyria.
with your hands on your head
since the Lord has rejected those you trust;
you will not succeed even with their help.
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:19
Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved garment she was wearing. She put her hand on her head
Jeremiah 37:7-10
“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: This is what you will say to Judah’s king,
Numbers 14:41
But Moses responded, “Why are you going against the Lord’s command? It won’t succeed.
2 Chronicles 13:12
Look, God and His priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound the charge against you. Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”
Isaiah 10:4
except crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain.
In all this, His anger is not removed,
and His hand is still raised to strike.
Jeremiah 2:36
constantly changing your ways!
You will be put to shame by Egypt
just as you were put to shame by Assyria.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the Lord says:
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
Jeremiah 32:5
He will take Zedekiah to Babylon where he will stay until I attend to him’—this is the Lord’s declaration. ‘You will fight the Chaldeans, but you will not succeed’?”
Ezekiel 17:15-20
However, this king revolted against him