Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will
King James Version
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
Holman Bible
“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’
International Standard Version
"Many nations will pass by this city and say to one another, "Why did the LORD do this to this great city?'
A Conservative Version
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say each man to his neighbor, Why has LORD done thus to this great city?
American Standard Version
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?
Amplified
“Many nations will pass by this city; and each man will say to another, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’
Bible in Basic English
And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?
Darby Translation
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?
Julia Smith Translation
And many nations passed through this city, and they said a man to his neighbor, For what did Jehovah thus to this great city?
King James 2000
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has the LORD done thus unto this great city?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And many nations will pass by this city and they will say each one to his neighbor, '{Why} has Yahweh done in this manner to this great city?'
Modern King James verseion
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say each one to his neighbor, Why has Jehovah done this to this great city?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And all the people that go by this city, shall speak one to another: Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this noble city?
NET Bible
"'People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another, "Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?"
New Heart English Bible
Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this great city?'
The Emphasized Bible
Then shall many nations pass by this city, - and shall say, every man to his neighbour, For what cause, hath Yahweh done thus, unto this great city?
Webster
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why hath the LORD done thus to this great city?
World English Bible
Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?
Youngs Literal Translation
And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 22:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Series Of Messages For The House Of The King Of Judah
7
I will prepare destroyers against you, each with his weapons, and they shall cut down your choicest cedars and cast them into the fire.
8 “Many nations will pass by this city; and they will
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Cross References
1 Kings 9:8-9
And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?'
2 Chronicles 7:20-22
then I will pluck you up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Deuteronomy 29:23-26
the whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and wrath--
Jeremiah 16:10
"And when you tell this people all these words, and they say to you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'
Lamentations 2:15-17
All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?"
Lamentations 4:12
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any of the inhabitants of the world, that foe or enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:7
To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.