Parallel Verses
World English Bible
As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'" says Yahweh.
New American Standard Bible
Because she has
King James Version
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
Holman Bible
like those who guard a field,
because she has rebelled against Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
International Standard Version
They have surrounded her like those guarding a field because they have rebelled against me,'" declares the LORD.
American Standard Version
As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.
Amplified
‘Like watchmen of a field they are against her on all sides,
Because she has rebelled against Me,’ says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
Like keepers of a field they are against her on every side; because she has been fighting against me, says the Lord.
Darby Translation
As keepers of a field are they against her round about; for she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
As watching a field they were against her from round about; for she embittered against me, says Jehovah.
King James 2000
Like keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she has been rebellious against me, says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like watchers of a field they were against her from all around, because she has rebelled against me," {declares} Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
Like watchmen of a field, they are against her all around; because she rebelled against Me, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They shall give them warning in every place, like as the watchmen in the field. For they have provoked me to wrath, sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
They will surround Jerusalem like men guarding a field because they have rebelled against me," says the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'" says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
As the keepers of a field, have they come against her round about, - For against me, hath she rebelled, Declareth Yahweh.
Webster
As keepers of a field they are against her on all sides; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
Youngs Literal Translation
As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.'
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:17
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Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
16 "Tell the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, 'Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah. 17 As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'" says Yahweh. 18 "Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart."
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:23
"But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
2 Kings 25:1-4
It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it around it.
Nehemiah 9:26
"Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
Nehemiah 9:30
Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet would they not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
Isaiah 1:8
The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.
Isaiah 1:20-23
but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
Isaiah 30:9
For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of Yahweh;
Jeremiah 6:2-3
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
Lamentations 1:8
Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward.
Lamentations 1:18
Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Ezekiel 2:3-7
He said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day.
Daniel 9:7-19
Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.
Luke 19:43-44
For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
Luke 21:20-24
"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.