Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.

King James Version

Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

Holman Bible

Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

International Standard Version

Both the most and the least important people will die in this land, and they won't be buried. People won't mourn for them. They won't cut themselves, nor will they shave their heads for them.

A Conservative Version

Both great and small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, nor shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them,

American Standard Version

Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

Amplified

Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, nor will they be lamented (mourned over with expressions of grief in death), nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them [in mourning].

Bible in Basic English

Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-place, and no one will be weeping for them or wounding themselves or cutting off their hair for them:

Darby Translation

Both great and small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried; and none shall lament for them, or cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

Julia Smith Translation

And the great and small died in this land: they shall not be buried, and they shall not lament for them, and none shall cut himself or make bald for them:

King James 2000

Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Both the great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not mourn for them, and no one will cut himself with a blade, and no one will shave himself for them.

Modern King James verseion

Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, nor shall men mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And in this land shall they die, old and young, and shall not be buried: no man shall beweep them, no man shall clip or shave himself for them.

NET Bible

Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them.

New Heart English Bible

Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

The Emphasized Bible

So shall great and small die in this land, They shall not be buried, - Neither shall men lament for them Nor cut themselves, Nor make themselves bald for them;

Webster

Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

World English Bible

Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

Youngs Literal Translation

And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Both the great
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

and the small
קטן קטן 
Qatan 
Usage: 101

מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

in this land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

they shall not be buried
קבר 
Qabar 
Usage: 133

ספד 
Caphad 
Usage: 30

גּדד 
Gadad 
Usage: 9

קרח 
Qarach 
Usage: 5

Context Readings

Jeremiah Is Commanded Not To Marry

5 Jehovah says: Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them. I have withdrawn my peace from this people, declares Jehovah, even my loving kindness and compassion. 6 Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them. 7 Men will not break bread in mourning for them in order to comfort anyone for the dead. Nor will they give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone's father or mother.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:28

Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the sons of Jehovah your God. Do not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.

Jeremiah 41:5

Eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. Their beards were shaved off, their clothes were torn, and cuts were on their bodies. They brought grain offerings and incense to Jehovah's Temple.

Jeremiah 47:5

Gaza will shave its head in mourning. Ashkelon will be destroyed. How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains?

Isaiah 22:12

In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.

Jeremiah 16:4

They will die of lethal diseases. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground and die by sword and famine (war and starvation). Their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.

Ezekiel 9:5-6

I heard God say to the other men: Follow him through the city and kill. Spare no one! Have mercy on no one.

Isaiah 9:14-17

So Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed (rush) in one day.

Isaiah 24:2

The people will be like the one officiating, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.

Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off your hair and cast it away. Take up a cry of sorrow and grief on the bare heights. Jehovah has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.'

Jeremiah 13:13

Say to them: Jehovah says I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land, the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness!

Jeremiah 22:18-19

Therefore Jehovah tells us about Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not cry for him: 'Alas, my brother!' And, 'Alas, sister!' They will not mourn him: 'Alas for the master!' And, Alas for his splendor!

Jeremiah 48:37

They have all shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.'

Amos 6:11

For, behold, Jehovah commanded, and the great house will be struck to pieces and the little house to tiny bits.

Revelation 6:15

The kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the military commanders, and the mighty men, and every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

Revelation 20:12

I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God. The books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged according to the things written in the books, according to their works.

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