Jeremiah 4:23

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Jeremiah 4:23

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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.

New American Standard Bible

I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void;
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

I looked at the earth,
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 King James verseion

I looked on the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

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.

Themes

Darkness » Over the face of the earth

Topics

emptiness

Formlessness

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

I beheld

H7200

ראה
Ra'ah

see, look, behold, shew, appear, consider, seer, spy, respect, perceive, provide, regard, enjoy, lo, foreseeth, heed,

Usage: 1308

the earth

H776

ארץ
'erets

land, earth, country, ground, world, way, common, field, nations, wilderness

Usage: 2504

and, lo, it was without form

H8414

תּהוּ
Tohuw

vain, vanity, confusion, without form, wilderness, nought, nothing, empty place, waste

Usage: 20

and void

H922

בּהוּ
Bohuw

void, emptiness

Usage: 3

and the heavens

H8064

שׁמה שׁמים
Shamayim

heaven, air, astrologers

Usage: 420

References

Fausets

Jerusalem

Lord's Day

Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:23

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 18841
Jeremiah Rank: 443
2 Topics
1 Theme
16 Cross References
3 Readings
Interlinear
3 Phrases
1 Name
2 References

Context Readings

²² "Nevertheless this shall come upon them because my people is become foolish, and hath utterly no understanding. They are the children of foolishness, and without any discretion. To do evil, they have wit enough: but to do well, they have no wisdom." ²³ I have looked upon the earth, and see, it is waste and void. I looked toward heaven, and it had no shine. ²⁴ I beheld the mountains, and they tremble, and all the hills were in a fear.

Phrases

Without Form and Void

Formless And Empty

Looked Up

Names

No

Cross References

Genesis 1:2

The Earth was void and empty and darkness was upon the deep, and the spirit of God moved upon the water.

Isaiah 5:30

In that day they shall be so fierce upon them, as the sea. And if we look unto the land, behold, it shall be all darkness and sorrow. If we look to heaven: behold, it shall be dark with careful desperation.

Isaiah 13:10

For the stars and planets of heaven shall not give their light; the sun shall be quenched in the rising, and the moon will not shine with his light.

Matthew 24:29

Immediately after the tribulations of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall move.

Mark 13:24-25

Moreover, in those days after that tribulation, the sun shall wax dark, 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 in the earth the people shall be in such perplexity, that they shall not tell which way to turn themselves. The sea and the waters shall roar,

Isaiah 24:19-23

The earth shall give a great crack, it shall have a sore ruin, and take a horrible fall.

Jeremiah 9:10

"Upon the mountains will I take up a lamentation and sorrowful cry, and a mourning upon the fair plains of the wilderness: Namely, how they are so burnt up, that no man goeth there any more. Yea, a man shall not hear one beast cry there. Birds and cattle are all gone from thence.