Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Wherefore, should ye plead against me, All of you, have transgressed against me Declareth Yahweh.

New American Standard Bible

“Why do you contend with Me?
You have all transgressed against Me,” declares the Lord.

King James Version

Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

Holman Bible

Why do you bring a case against Me?
All of you have rebelled against Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

International Standard Version

Why do you contend with me? You have rebelled against me," declares the LORD.

A Conservative Version

Why will ye contend with me? Ye have all transgressed against me, says LORD.

American Standard Version

Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

Amplified


“Why do you complain and contend with Me?
You have all rebelled (transgressed) against Me,” says the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.

Darby Translation

Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

Wherefore will ye contend against me? all ye transgressed against me, says Jehovah.

King James 2000

Why will you plead with me? you all have transgressed against me, says the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Why do you complain to me? All of you have {rebelled against me}," {declares} Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

Why will you plead with Me? You all have sinned against Me, says Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wherefore then will ye go to law with me, seeing ye all are sinners against me, sayeth the LORD?

NET Bible

"Why do you try to refute me? All of you have rebelled against me," says the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

"Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me," says the LORD.

Webster

Why will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

World English Bible

"Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me," says Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Wherefore will ye plead
רוּב ריבo 
Riyb 
Usage: 66

נאם 
N@'um 
Usage: 376

References

Hastings

Sin

Context Readings

Israel Deserves To Be Punished

28 Where then are thy gods which thou hast made for thyself? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy calamity, - For according to the number of thy cities, have become thy gods O Judah. 29 Wherefore, should ye plead against me, All of you, have transgressed against me Declareth Yahweh. 30 In vain, have I smitten your children, Correction, have they not accepted, - Your sword hath devoured your prophets, as a lion that destroyeth.



Cross References

Jeremiah 5:1

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, - That I may pardon her.

Jeremiah 6:13

For, from the least of them, even unto the greatest of them, Every one, graspeth with greed, - And from the prophet even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely;

Daniel 9:11

yea, all Israel, have transgressed thy law, even going away, so as not to hearken unto thy voice, - therefore, were poured out upon us, the curse and the oath which had been written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we had sinned against him.

Jeremiah 2:23

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;

Jeremiah 2:35

Although thou saidst, Because I am innocent, surely hath his anger turned back from me, - Behold me! entering into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned!

Jeremiah 3:2

Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights and see - where thou hast not been unchastely embraced! beside the ways, hast thou sat to them, like the Arabian m the desert, - and hast defiled the land with thine unchastities, and with thy wickedness.

Jeremiah 9:2-6

Oh that I had in the wilderness, a wayfarers lodge, That I might leave my people, and go from them, - For they all, are Adulterers, An assemblage of traitors;

Romans 3:19

Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.

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