Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger?

New American Standard Bible

All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

King James Version

Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Holman Bible

All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

International Standard Version

All the nations will ask, "Why did the LORD do this to this land? What is the meaning of this fierce and great anger?'

A Conservative Version

even all the nations shall say, Why has LORD done thus to this land? What is the meaning of the heat of this great anger?

American Standard Version

even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Amplified

All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

Bible in Basic English

Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?

Julia Smith Translation

And all the nations said, For what did Jehovah thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?

King James 2000

Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land? what does the heat of this great anger mean?

Lexham Expanded Bible

And all the nations will say, '{Why} has Yahweh done {such a thing} to this land? What [caused] the fierceness of this great anger?'

Modern King James verseion

even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land? For what is the heat of this great anger?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And then all nations also say, "Wherefore hath the LORD done of this fashion unto this land? O how fierce is this great wrath?'

NET Bible

Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"

New Heart English Bible

even all the nations shall say, "Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"

The Emphasized Bible

yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger?

Webster

Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

World English Bible

even all the nations shall say, "Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"

Youngs Literal Translation

yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

חרי 
Choriy 
Usage: 6

of this great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Abandoning The Covenant

23 that the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury: 24 even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger? 25 And men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah the God of their fathers, which he had made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;



Cross References

Jeremiah 22:8-9

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?

1 Kings 9:8-9

and this house, which is high, every one that passes by it shall be astonished at, and shall hiss, and they shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land and to this house?

2 Chronicles 7:21-22

And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land and to this house?

Lamentations 2:15-17

All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: Is this the city which they called, The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

Lamentations 4:12

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 14:23

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Romans 2:5

but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

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