Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The iniquity of our fathers, for
King James Version
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Holman Bible
the guilt of our fathers;
indeed, we have sinned against You.
International Standard Version
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, the guilt of our ancestors. Indeed, we have sinned against you.
A Conservative Version
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against thee.
American Standard Version
We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
Amplified
We know and acknowledge, O Lord,
Our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.
Bible in Basic English
We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.
Darby Translation
Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
Julia Smith Translation
We knew, O Jehovah, our evil, the iniquity of our fathers: for we sinned to thee.
King James 2000
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
We know, Yahweh, our wickedness, the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against you.
Modern King James verseion
We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
We knowledge, O LORD, all our misdeeds, and the sins of our fathers, that we have offended thee.
NET Bible
Lord, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.
New Heart English Bible
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
The Emphasized Bible
We acknowledge O Yahweh Our own lawlessness The iniquity of our fathers, - For we have sinned against thee.
Webster
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
World English Bible
We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
Youngs Literal Translation
We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.
Themes
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Prayer for forgiveness
intercession » Additional instances of » Jeremiah, for israel
Prayer » Brevity in prayer examples of brief prayers » Special pleas offered in
Interlinear
Yada`
'ab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 14:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Hopes In Yahweh
19
Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal? We hope for peace, but no good comes from it. We hope for a time of healing, but there's only terror.
20
The iniquity of our fathers, for
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:2
The seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations. They publicly requested forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
Psalm 32:5
I confessed my sins to you, and I did not cover up my guilt. I decided to confess them to you, O Jehovah. Then you forgave all my sins.
Jeremiah 3:25
We must lie down in our shame and let our humiliation cover us. Ever since we were young, we and our fathers have sinned against Jehovah our God. We have not obeyed Jehovah our God.
Leviticus 26:40-42
However if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors and the treacherous things they did to oppose me,
2 Samuel 12:13
David said to Nathan: I have sinned against Jehovah. Nathan replied: Jehovah has taken away your sin. You will not die.
2 Samuel 24:10
After David had everyone counted, he felt guilty and told Jehovah: What I did was stupid and terribly wrong. Jehovah, please forgive me.
Ezra 9:6-7
I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face (praying) to you (being in your presence), my God: for our sins have increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
Job 33:27
He comes to men and says: 'I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.'
Psalm 51:3-4
I admit my transgressions. My sin is always in front of me.
Psalm 106:6-48
We have sinned like our fathers! We have committed iniquity and have behaved wickedly.
Jeremiah 3:13
Admit that you have done wrong! You have rebelled against Jehovah your God. You have given yourself to foreign gods under every large tree. You have not obeyed me,' says Jehovah.
Daniel 9:5-8
We have sinned. We have dealt perversely. We have acted wickedly and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances.
Luke 15:18-21
I will go to my father and say: 'Father I have sinned against God and against you.
1 John 1:7-9
If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.