Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Then LORD said to me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord said to me, “
King James Version
Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Holman Bible
Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out
International Standard Version
Then the LORD told me, "From the north disaster will pour out on all who live in the land,
American Standard Version
Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Amplified
Then the Lord said to me, “Out of the north the evil [which the prophets foretold as the result of national sin] will reveal itself and spill out on all the people of the land.
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north shall evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say to me, From the north shall evil be opened upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
King James 2000
Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Yahweh said to me, "From [the] north disaster will be unleashed on all the inhabitants of the land.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah said to me, Out of the north an evil will be set loose on all the inhabitants of the land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said the LORD unto me, "Out of the north shall come a plague upon all the dwellers of the land.
NET Bible
Then the Lord said, "This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land.
New Heart English Bible
Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto me, - Out of the North, shall break forth calamity, against all the inhabitants of the land.
Webster
Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
World English Bible
Then Yahweh said to me, "Out of the north evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me, 'From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Confirms Jeremiah's Call
13 And the word of LORD came to me the second time, saying, What do thou see? And I said, I see a boiling caldron, and the face of it is from the north. 14 Then LORD said to me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says LORD. And they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls of it round about, and
Cross References
Isaiah 41:25
I have raised up him from the north, and he has come, him who calls upon my name from the rising of the sun. And he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
Jeremiah 10:22
The voice of news. Behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.
Jeremiah 6:1
Flee for safety, ye sons of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem. And blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem. For evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:22
Thus says LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be stirred up from the outermost parts of the earth.
Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the outermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind man and the lame man, the woman with child, and she who travails with child together. They shall ret
Jeremiah 46:20
Egypt is a very fair heifer, [but] destruction out of the north has come, it has come.
Jeremiah 50:9
For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country, and they shall set themselves in array against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows shall be as of an exper
Jeremiah 50:41
Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the outermost parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 1:4
And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire enfolding itself, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst of it, as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.