Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
See, 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.
New American Standard Bible
Adders, for which there is
And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.
King James Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Holman Bible
poisonous vipers
They will bite you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
International Standard Version
Look, I'll send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they'll bite you."
A Conservative Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says LORD.
American Standard Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.
Darby Translation
For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
For behold me sending serpents, vipers among you, which to them no hissing, and they bit you, says Jehovah.
King James 2000
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For look, I [am] letting loose among you snakes, adders for which there is no incantation, and they will bite you," {declares} Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
For, behold, I will send serpents and adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, I will send Cockatrices and serpents among you which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you," sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
The Lord says, "Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you."
New Heart English Bible
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you," says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
For behold me! sending among you serpents - vipers which there is no charming, - And they shall fatally bite you declareth Yahweh.
Webster
For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
World English Bible
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Interlinear
Shalach
Lachash
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Longs For Yahweh's Help
16 The loud breathing of the horses comes to our ears from Dan: at the sound of the outcry of his war-horses, all the land is shaking with fear; for they have come, and have made a meal of the land and everything in it; the town and the people living in it. 17 See, 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. 18 Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24
They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.
Psalm 58:4-5
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
Numbers 21:6
Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.
Ecclesiastes 10:11
If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.
Isaiah 14:29
Be not glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod which was on you is broken: for out of the snake's root will come a poison-snake, and its fruit will be a winged poison-snake.
Amos 5:19
As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
Amos 9:3
Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:
Revelation 9:19
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails: because their tails are like snakes, and have heads, and with them they give wounds.