Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Mine inheritance, hath become to me as a lion in a jungle, - She hath given forth against me her voice, For this cause, have I hated her.
New American Standard Bible
Like a lion in the forest;
She has
Therefore I have come to
King James Version
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Holman Bible
like a lion in the forest.
She has roared against Me.
Therefore, I hate her.
International Standard Version
My inheritance has become like a lion in the forest to me. She roars at me; therefore, I hate her.
A Conservative Version
My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her.
American Standard Version
My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
Amplified
“My inheritance has become to Me
Like a lion in the forest;
She has raised her voice and roared against Me;
So I have come to [treat her as if I] hate her.
Bible in Basic English
My heritage has become like a lion in the woodland to me; her voice has been loud against me; so I have hate for her.
Darby Translation
My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.
Julia Smith Translation
My inheritance was to me as a lion in the forest; she gave upon me with her voice: for this I hated her.
King James 2000
My heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She has lifted up against me her voice; {therefore} I hate her.
Modern King James verseion
My inheritance is to Me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against Me; therefore I have hated it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mine heritage is become unto me, as a Lion in the wood. It cried out upon me, therefore have I forsaken it.
NET Bible
The people I call my own have turned on me like a lion in the forest. They have roared defiantly at me. So I will treat them as though I hate them.
New Heart English Bible
My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
Webster
My heritage is to me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
World English Bible
My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
Youngs Literal Translation
Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 12:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord's Reply
7 I have forsaken mine own house, I have given up mine inheritance, - I have delivered the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies: 8 Mine inheritance, hath become to me as a lion in a jungle, - She hath given forth against me her voice, For this cause, have I hated her. 9 Is it, a variegated bird of prey, that mine inheritance is to me? The birds of prey, are round about against her! Go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field bring them to devour.
Cross References
Hosea 9:15
All their wickedness, is in Gilgal, yea, there, have I come to hate them, For the wickedness of their doings - out of my house, will I drive them forth, - no more will I love them, all their rulers, are unruly.
Amos 6:8
Sworn hath the Lord, Yahweh, by his own life, Declareth Yahweh, God of hosts, abhorring am I, the grandeur of Jacob, and, his palaces, I hate, - therefore will I cast off the city and the fulness thereof.
Jeremiah 2:15
Against him, have been roaring wild lions, They have uttered their voice, - and have made his land a desolation, His cities, have been burned, so as to have no inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:38
Together, like wild lions, shall they roar, - They have growled like lions' whelps.
Zechariah 11:8
And I sent off three shepherds, in one month, - for impatient was my soul with them, moreover also, their soul, felt a loathing against me.