Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Should I not punish these things, sayeth the LORD? Should I not be avenged of all such people as these be?"
New American Standard Bible
‘On a nation such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?’
King James Version
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Holman Bible
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not avenge Myself
on such a nation as this?
International Standard Version
"Should I not punish them for this?' asks the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?'
A Conservative Version
Shall I not visit for these things? says LORD. Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
American Standard Version
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Amplified
‘Shall I not punish them [for these things]?’ says the Lord.
‘Shall I not avenge Myself
On such a nation as this?’
Bible in Basic English
Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
Darby Translation
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Julia Smith Translation
For these things shall I not review? says Jehovah: or shall not my soul be avenged upon a nation such as this?
King James 2000
Shall I not punish for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because of these [things] shall I not punish?" {declares} Yahweh, "and on a nation who [is] like this, shall I not take revenge?
Modern King James verseion
Shall I not visit for these things? says Jehovah. Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
NET Bible
I will certainly punish them for doing such things!" says the Lord. "I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!
New Heart English Bible
"Shall I not punish for these things?" says the LORD. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
The Emphasized Bible
Upon these things, shall I not bring punishment? Demandeth Yahweh. Or, on a nation such as this, shall not my soul avenge herself?
Webster
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
World English Bible
"Shall I not punish for these things?" says Yahweh. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Youngs Literal Translation
For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 5:29
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Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
28 hereof are they fat and wealthy, and are run away from me with shameful blasphemies. They minister not the law, they make no end of the fatherless cause, they judge not the poor according to equity. 29 Should I not punish these things, sayeth the LORD? Should I not be avenged of all such people as these be?" 30 Horrible and grievous things are done in the land.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 5:9
Should I not correct this, sayeth the LORD? Should I not be avenged of every people, that is like unto this?
Malachi 3:5
I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers: yea, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling's duty, which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Jeremiah 9:9
Should I not punish them for these things, sayeth the LORD? Or should I not be avenged of any such people as this?
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire is of you kept back by fraud - crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.