Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves that they had set free, and they forced them to become male and female slaves.
New American Standard Bible
But afterward they turned around and took back the male servants and the female servants whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection for male servants and for female servants.
King James Version
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
Holman Bible
Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again.
A Conservative Version
But afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
American Standard Version
but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
Amplified
But afterward they backed out [of the covenant] and made the male servants and the female servants whom they had set free return [to them], and brought the male servants and the female servants again into servitude.
Bible in Basic English
But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.
Darby Translation
But afterwards they turned, and caused the bondmen and the bondmaids whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for bondmen and for bondmaids.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will turn back after this, and they will cause their servants and their maids to turn back whom they sent away free, and they subdued them for servants and for maids.
King James 2000
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But {afterward} they turned back and they brought back the [male] slaves and the female slaves whom they had let go free, and they subdued them as [male] slaves and female slaves.
Modern King James verseion
But afterward they turned and caused the slaves and slave women whom they had let go free, to return! And they subjected them for slaves and slave women.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But afterward they repented, and took again the servants and the hand maidens, whom they had let go free, and so made them bond again.
NET Bible
But later they had changed their minds. They had taken back their male and female slaves that they had freed and forced them to be slaves again.
New Heart English Bible
but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
The Emphasized Bible
howbeit they turned after that, and brought back the servants and the handmaids whom they had let go, free, and brought them into subjection as servants and as handmaids,
Webster
But afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had liberated, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
World English Bible
but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they turn afterwards, and cause the men-servants and the maid-servants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for men-servants and for maid-servants.
Themes
Constitution » Agreement between the ruler and people
Covenant » Of men with men » Breach of, punished
Emancipation » Proclamation of » By zedekiah
King » Constitutional restrictions of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 34:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Zedekiah's Covenant Concerning Slaves
10 All the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant agreed that each would set his male and female slaves free so that they would not enslave them any longer. They obeyed and they released them. 11 But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves that they had set free, and they forced them to become male and female slaves. 12 Then this message from the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 8:8
Then Pharaoh called to Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the LORD so that he may remove the frogs from me and my people. I'll let the people go so they can offer sacrifices to the LORD."
Exodus 8:15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
Exodus 9:28
Pray to the LORD! There has been enough of God's thunder and hail! I'll let you go, and you need not stay any longer."
Exodus 9:34-35
When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he continued to sin. He, along with his officials,hardened his heart.
Exodus 10:17-20
Now, please forgive my sin only this time, and pray to the LORD your God that he would at least remove this from me."
Exodus 14:3-9
Pharaoh will say about the Israelis, "They're wandering aimlessly in the land, and the desert has closed in on them.'
1 Samuel 19:6-11
Saul listened to Jonathan, and swore by the life of the LORD that David would not be killed.
1 Samuel 24:19
For who would find his enemy and then send him away safely? May the LORD repay you for what you have done for me today.
1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul said, "I've wronged you. Return, my son David, for I won't harm you again because my life was precious to you today. Look, I've acted foolishly and have made a very great mistake."
Psalm 36:3
The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.
Psalm 78:34-36
When he struck them, they sought him; they repented, and eagerly sought God.
Psalm 125:5
But for those who choose their own devious paths, the LORD will lead them away, along with those who practice evil. Peace be upon Israel. A Song of Ascents
Proverbs 26:11
A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Whenever a sentence for a crime is not carried out swiftly, the human mind becomes determined to commit evil.
Jeremiah 34:21
I'll give Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his officials into the domination of their enemies, to those who are seeking to kill them, and to the army of the king of Babylon that is coming against them.
Jeremiah 37:5
Pharaoh's army had come out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
Hosea 6:4
"What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your love is like a morning rain cloud it passes away like the morning dew.
Hosea 7:16
They return but not to the Most High. They are like a defective weapon. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their raging tongue, and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt."
Zephaniah 1:6
those who turn away from the LORD, don't seek the LORD, and never ask for his help."
Matthew 12:43-45
"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places looking for a place to rest, but finds none.
Romans 2:4-5
Or are you unaware of his rich kindness, forbearance, and patience, that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repent?
2 Peter 2:20-22
For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah, they are again entangled and conquered by those corruptions, then their last condition is worse than their former one.