Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
New American Standard Bible
When
But My people have
For that which does not profit.
King James Version
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Holman Bible
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
International Standard Version
Has a nation ever changed gods when they aren't even gods? But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.
American Standard Version
Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Amplified
“Has a nation [ever] changed gods
Even though they were not gods [but merely man-made objects]?
But My people have exchanged their Glory (the true God)
For that [man-made idol] which does not benefit [them].
Bible in Basic English
Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
Darby Translation
Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods; but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Julia Smith Translation
Did a nation change their gods, and they no gods? and my people changed their glory for what will not profit
King James 2000
Has a nation changed its gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Has a nation exchanged gods? And they [are] not gods! But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.
Modern King James verseion
Has a nation changed their gods who are yet no gods? But My people have changed their Glory for that which does not profit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
whether the Gentiles themselves deal so falsely and untruly with their gods - which yet are no gods indeed! But my people hath given over their high honour, for a thing that may not help them.
NET Bible
Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!
New Heart English Bible
Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
The Emphasized Bible
Hath a nation, changed gods, although they were No-gods? Yet my people have changed my glory for that which could not profit!
Webster
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
World English Bible
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hath a nation changed gods? (And they are no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.
Themes
Gentiles » Characterized as » Constant to their false gods
Idolatry » A virtual forsaking of God
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Jews, the » National character of » Prone to backsliding
Profit » What is not profitable
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unfaithfulness Of Contemporary Israel
10 For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see, and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing. 11 Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be ye very desolate, says LORD.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 37:19
and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
Jeremiah 16:20
Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?
Psalm 106:20
Thus they changed their glory for the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
Romans 1:23
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed things, and creeping things.
Micah 4:5
For all the peoples walk each one in the name of his god. And we will walk in the name of LORD our God forever and ever.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy are thou, O Israel. Who is like thee, a people saved by LORD, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee, and thou shall tread upon their high places.
Psalm 3:3
But thou, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory and he who lifts up of my head.
Psalm 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus says LORD: What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not say, Where is LORD? and those who handle the law did not know me. The rulers also transgressed against me. And the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore about eating the things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.
1 Peter 1:18
Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold,