Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Holman Bible
I will destroy
International Standard Version
I'll destroy the lovely and delicate Daughter of Zion.
American Standard Version
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
Amplified
“I will destroy the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem), the lovely and delicate one [so like a luxurious pasture].
Bible in Basic English
The fair and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will be cut off by my hand.
Darby Translation
The comely and delicate one do I cut off, the daughter of Zion.
Julia Smith Translation
I likened the daughter of Zion to her becoming and delicate
King James 2000
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate woman.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The lovely and the delicate, the daughter of Jerusalem, I will destroy.
Modern King James verseion
I will destroy the daughter of Zion, the beautiful and tender one.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will liken the daughter of Zion to a fair and tender woman, and to her shall come the shepherds with their flocks.
NET Bible
I will destroy Daughter Zion, who is as delicate and defenseless as a young maiden.
New Heart English Bible
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
The Emphasized Bible
To a comely and delicate woman, have I likened the daughter of Zion:
Webster
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
World English Bible
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
Youngs Literal Translation
The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.
Interlinear
Damah
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 6:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
1 Flee for safety, ye sons of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem. And blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem. For evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction. 2 The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off. 3 Shepherds with their flocks shall come to her. They shall pitch their tents against her round about. They shall feed every one in his place.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:8
And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a shed in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Isaiah 3:16-17
Moreover LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet,
Lamentations 2:1
How LORD has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down the beauty of Israel from heaven to the earth, and has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
Lamentations 2:13
What shall I testify to thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee?