Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For behold, I gave thee small among the nations, despised among men.
New American Standard Bible
Despised among men.
King James Version
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
Holman Bible
despised among humanity.
International Standard Version
Indeed, I'll make you the least of the nations, despised among men.
A Conservative Version
For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.
American Standard Version
For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.
Amplified
“For behold, [Edom] I have made you small among the nations
And despised among men.
Bible in Basic English
For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men.
Darby Translation
For behold, I have made thee small among the nations, despised among men.
King James 2000
For, lo, I will make you small among the nations, and despised among men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"For look, I will make you small among the nations, despised by the humankind.
Modern King James verseion
For lo, I will make you small among the nations, despised among men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for lo: I will make thee but small among the Heathen, and little regarded among men.
NET Bible
The Lord says to Edom, "I will certainly make you small among nations. I will make you despised by all humankind.
New Heart English Bible
"For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.
The Emphasized Bible
For lo! Small, have I made thee among the nations, - Despised among men!
Webster
For lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
World English Bible
For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.
Youngs Literal Translation
For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.
Interlinear
Nathan
Qatan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 49:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Edom
14 I heard a report from Jehovah, and a messenger sent to the nations: Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up for war. 15 For behold, I gave thee small among the nations, despised among men. 16 Thy terror deceived thee, the pride of thy heart, thou dwelling in the asylums of the rock, holding the height of the hill: if thou shalt make thy nest high as the eagle, from thence will I bring thee down, says Jehovah.
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7-8
Jehovah dispossessing, and enriching: making low, but lifting up.
1 Samuel 2:30
For this Jehovah the God of Israel said, Saying, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall go before me even forever: and now Jehovah said, Far be it for me; for them honoring me I will honor, and they despising me shall be contemned.
Psalm 53:5
They feared a fear; there was no fear: for God scattered the bones of him making narrow: thou didst make ashamed, for God rejected them.
Obadiah 1:2
Behold, I gave thee small among the nations: thou being greatly despised.
Micah 7:10
And mine enemy shall see, and shame shall cover her saying to me, Where Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall look upon her: now shall she be for treading down as the mire of the streets.
Luke 1:51
He has done strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thought of their heart.