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
And I will appoint destroyers against thee, each one with his weapons, and they shall cut down thy choice 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 at this house, which was high, any one that passes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss, and they shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land and to this house?
2 Chronicles 7:20-22
I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, I will cast out of my presence, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Deuteronomy 29:23-26
and that the whole land thereof is brimstone and salt and burning, that it is not sown, nor shall it produce anything, nor shall any grass grow therein, like in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath;
Jeremiah 16:10
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these things, they shall say unto thee, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin which we have committed against the LORD our God?
Lamentations 2:15-17
Samech All that passed by clapped their hands over thee and whistled and wagged their heads over the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Lamentations 4:12
Lamed The kings of the earth and all the inhabitants of the world never believed that the adversary and the enemy would enter in through the gates of Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:7
O Lord, the righteousness belongs unto thee, but unto us the confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near and that are far off through all the lands where thou hast driven them because of their rebellion with which they have rebelled against thee.