Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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 consecrated destroyers against thee, a man and his weapons: and they cut off from the chosen of thy cedars and cast upon the fire. 8 And many nations passed through this city, and they said a man to his neighbor, For what did Jehovah thus to this great city? 9 And they said, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and they will worship to other gods, and serve them.
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Cross References
1 Kings 9:8-9
And this house shall be high, every one passing by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss: and they said, For what did Jehovah thus to this land and to this house?
2 Chronicles 7:20-22
And I plucked them up from my land which I gave to them; and this house which I consecrated to my name I will cast from my face, and I will give it for a parable and for a derision among all peoples.
Deuteronomy 29:23-26
Pitch and burning salt, all its land; it shall not be sown, and it shall not sprout, and no green herb shall come up upon it, as the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:
Jeremiah 16:10
And being when thou shalt announce to this people all these words, and they said to thee, For what did Jehovah speak against us all this great evil? and what our iniquities? and what our sins which we sinned to Jehovah our God?
Lamentations 2:15-17
All passing by the way clapped their hands at thee; they hissed, and they will nod their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: This the city, they will say; the complete splendor of joy to all the earth.
Lamentations 4:12
The kings of the earth believed not, and all those dwelling in the habitable globe, that the enemy will come in to the gates of Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:7
To thee, O Jehovah, justice, and to us shame of face, as this day to the men of Judah, and to those dwelling in Jerusalem, and to all Israel being near and being far off, in all the lands where thou didst thrust them there in their transgression which they transgressed against thee.