Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 go over [to] the coasts of Cyprus and look, and send [to] Kedar and consider very closely, and see if there has been [a thing] like this: 11 Has a nation exchanged gods? And they [are] not gods! But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit. 12 Be appalled, heavens, at this, and shudder; be utterly desolate," {declares} Yahweh.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 37:19
to {set} their gods in the fire, for they [were] not gods, but [the] work of human hands, wood and stone, and they destroyed them.
Jeremiah 16:20
Can a human make for himself gods? Yet they [are] not gods!"
Psalm 106:20
And [so] they exchanged their glory for an image of an ox that eats grass.
Romans 1:23
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God with the likeness of an image of mortal human beings and birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.
Micah 4:5
For all the nations walk, each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God, forever and ever.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed [are] you, O Israel. Who is like you, a people who [is] saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, and who [is] the sword of your triumph, and your enemies, they shall fawn before you, and you shall tread on their backs."
Psalm 3:3
But you, Yahweh, [are] a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head.
Psalm 115:4
Their idols [are] silver and gold, [the] work of human hands.
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus says Yahweh: "What injustice did your ancestors find in me that they were far from me, and they went after the vanity, and they became vain?
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not say, 'Where [is] Yahweh?' and those who handle the law did not know me, and the shepherds have {rebelled against me}, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and they went after [things which] do not profit.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol [is] nothing in the world" and that "[there is] no God except one."
1 Peter 1:18
[because you] know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,