Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
New American Standard Bible
I have not gone after the
Look at your way in the
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel
King James Version
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Holman Bible
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,
International Standard Version
"How can you say, "I'm not defiled. I haven't gone after the Baals.'? Look at what you've done in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift young camel galloping aimlessly;
A Conservative Version
How can thou say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baalim? See thy way in the valley. Know what thou have done, a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
American Standard Version
How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Amplified
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,
I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’?
Look at your way in the valley;
Know [without any doubt] what you have done!
You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,
Bible in Basic English
How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;
Darby Translation
How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done a swift dromedary traversing her ways!
Julia Smith Translation
How wilt thou say, I was not defiled? I went not after the Baalims? See thy way in the valley, know what thou didst; a young she camel entangling her ways;
King James 2000
How can you say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"How can you say, 'I have not defiled myself, I have not gone after the Baals?' Look at your way in the valley, know what you have done. [You are] a young she-camel, interweaving her ways.
Modern King James verseion
How can you say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baals? See your way in the valley, know what you have done! You are a swift camel crossing its ways;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Say not now, 'I am not unclean, and I have not followed Baal.' Look upon thy own ways in the woods, valleys and dens: so shalt thou know, what thou hast done. Thou art like a swift Dromedary that goeth easily his way:
New Heart English Bible
"How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
The Emphasized Bible
How canst thou say, I have not defiled myself, After the Baalim, have I not gone? See thy way, in the valley, Own what thou hast done, - A nimble young she-camel, crossing her own ways;
Webster
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
World English Bible
"How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. [You are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Youngs Literal Translation
How sayest thou, 'I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,
Themes
Animals » Names of » Dromedaries, used as beasts if burden
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Israel in their love of idols
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Jeremiah expostulates against the worship of
Camels » The dromedary a species of, remarkable for swiftness
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Consequences Of Apostasy
22 You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God. 23 "How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path. 24 You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:31
They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!
Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Genesis 3:12-13
The man said, "The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it."
1 Samuel 15:13-14
When Samuel came to him, Saul said to him, "May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said."
Esther 8:16
For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor.
Psalm 36:2
for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.
Psalm 50:21
When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
Proverbs 28:13
The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
Proverbs 30:20
This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong."
Isaiah 57:5-6
you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.
Jeremiah 2:33-35
"My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two!
Jeremiah 3:2
"Look up at the hilltops and consider this. You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.
Jeremiah 9:14
Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do.
Jeremiah 31:22
How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the Lord, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!'"
Ezekiel 16:1-63
The word of the Lord came to me:
Ezekiel 23:1-49
The word of the Lord came to me:
Luke 10:29
But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
1 John 1:8-10
If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Revelation 3:17-18
Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,