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NET Bible
Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done,
New American Standard Bible
The
You did not find them
But in spite of all these things,
King James Version
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Holman Bible
with the blood of the innocent poor.
You did not catch them breaking and entering.
But in spite of all these things
International Standard Version
On your skirts is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, even though you didn't catch them breaking in. Yet despite all these things,
A Conservative Version
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor. Thou did not find them breaking in. But it is because of all these things.
American Standard Version
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
Amplified
“Also on your skirts is found
The lifeblood of the innocent poor;
You did not find them breaking in [a house].
But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]—
Bible in Basic English
And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...
Darby Translation
Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but it is found upon all these.
Julia Smith Translation
Also in thy wings were found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: not by breaking in did I find them, but upon all these.
King James 2000
Also on your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but plainly upon all these things.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Also on your skirts is found [the] blood of [the] life of [the] innocent, [the] poor. You did not find them in the act of breaking into a house. But in spite of all these [things],
Modern King James verseion
Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents; I did not find them by breaking in, but on all these.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Upon thy wings is found the blood of poor and innocent people; and that not in corners and holes only, but openly in all these places.
New Heart English Bible
Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
The Emphasized Bible
Even in thy skirts, is there found, The blood of the lives of the helpless innocents, - Not in the act of breaking in, didst thou find them, yet the blood is on all these.
Webster
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
World English Bible
Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:34
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Deserves To Be Punished
33 "My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two! 34 Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done, 35 you say, 'I have not done anything wrong, so the Lord cannot really be angry with me any more.' But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, 'I have not committed any sin.'
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Cross References
2 Kings 21:16
Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
2 Kings 24:4
Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.
Jeremiah 19:4
I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.
Exodus 22:2
"If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.
Psalm 106:37-38
They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
Isaiah 57:5
you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.
Isaiah 59:7
They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.
Jeremiah 6:15
Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them," says the Lord.
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!
Jeremiah 8:12
Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:20-21
"'You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough,
Ezekiel 20:31
When you present your sacrifices -- when you make your sons pass through the fire -- you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me!
Ezekiel 24:7
For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.