Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
I looked on the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
New American Standard Bible
And to the heavens, and they had no light.
King James Version
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Holman Bible
and it was formless and empty.
I looked to the heavens,
and their light was gone.
International Standard Version
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void, at the heavens, and there was no light there.
American Standard Version
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Amplified
I looked at the earth [in my vision], and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] formless and void;
And to the heavens, and they had no light.
Bible in Basic English
Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.
Darby Translation
I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Julia Smith Translation
I saw the earth, and behold, emptiness and a void; and to the heavens, and no lights.
King James 2000
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness, and to the heavens, and [they were] without their light.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have looked upon the earth, and see, it is waste and void. I looked toward heaven, and it had no shine.
NET Bible
"I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.
New Heart English Bible
I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
The Emphasized Bible
I beheld, The earth; and lo! it was waste and wild, - The heavens also and their light was not:
Webster
I beheld the earth, and lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
World English Bible
I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Youngs Literal Translation
I looked to the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Tohuw
References
Fausets
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
22 For My people are foolish; they have not known Me; they are stupid sons, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 23 I looked on the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I looked on the mountains, and, lo, they quaked; and all the hills were shaken.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.
Isaiah 5:30
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea; and one looks to the land, behold darkness, and lo, darkness! Distress! And the light shall be darkened by its clouds.
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations shall not give light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not reflect its light.
Matthew 24:29
And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
Mark 13:24-25
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Luke 21:25-26
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars. And on the earth will be anxiety of nations with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Isaiah 24:19-23
The earth is breaking, breaking! The earth is crashing, crashing! The earth is tottering, tottering!
Jeremiah 9:10
I will take up a weeping and a wailing for the mountains, and a mourning for the pastures of the wilderness; because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are gone.
Ezekiel 32:7-8
And when I put you out, I will cover the heaven and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Joel 2:10
The earth shall tremble before them; the heavens shall shake. The sun and the moon shall grow dark, and the stars shall gather in their light.
Joel 2:30-31
And I will show wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
Joel 3:15-16
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall gather in their light.
Amos 8:9
And it shall be in that day, says the Lord Jehovah, I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the light of day.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.
Acts 2:19-20
And I will give wonders in the heaven above, and miracles on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and Him sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And a place was not found for them.