Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And let us perish there,
Because the Lord our God has doomed us
And given us
For
King James Version
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Holman Bible
Gather together; let us enter the fortified cities
and perish there,
for the Lord our God has destroyed
He has given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.
International Standard Version
Why are we sitting here? Join together! Let's go to the fortified cities and perish there! For the LORD our God has condemned us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.
A Conservative Version
Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there. For LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against LORD.
American Standard Version
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Amplified
Why are we sitting still [the people wonder]?
Assemble yourselves, and let us enter the fortified cities
And let us die there,
For the Lord our God has decreed our ruin
And given us bitter and poisonous water to drink,
Because we have sinned against the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.
Darby Translation
Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities, and let us be silent there: for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
For what are we sitting? gather ye together and we will go into the fortified cities, and we shall be silent there: for Jehovah our God caused us to cease, and he will give us to drink the water of poison, for we sinned against Jehovah.
King James 2000
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why [are] we sitting? Gather, and let us go into the fortified cities, and let us perish there, for Yahweh our God has caused us to perish, and has provided drink for us, water of poison, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
Why do we sit still? Gather yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there. For Jehovah our God has put us to silence, and has given us poisonous water to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Why prolong we the time? Let us gather ourselves together, and go into the strong city; there shall we be in rest. For the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water mixed with gall to drink: because we have sinned against him.
NET Bible
The people say, "Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the Lord our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him.
New Heart English Bible
"Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Why are, well sitting still? Gather yourselves together and let us enter the defenced cities And let us be silent there, - For, Yahweh our God, hath put us to silence And made us drink poisoned water, Because we have sinned against Yahweh.
Webster
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
World English Bible
Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Longs For Yahweh's Help
13
“There will be
And
And the leaf will wither;
And what I have given them will pass away.”’”
And let us perish there,
Because the Lord our God has doomed us
And given us
For
For a time of healing, but behold, terror!
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:15
“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets,
‘Behold, I am going to
And make them drink poisonous water,
For from the prophets of Jerusalem
Pollution has gone forth into all the land.’”
Jeremiah 9:15
therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “behold,
Jeremiah 35:11
But when
Lamentations 3:19
Deuteronomy 29:18
2 Samuel 20:6
And David said to
Psalm 69:21
And for my thirst they
Matthew 27:34
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,
‘By those who
And before all the people I will
So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.
Numbers 5:18-24
The priest shall then have the woman stand before the Lord and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and place the grain offering of memorial
Deuteronomy 32:32
And from the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of
Their clusters, bitter.
2 Kings 7:3-4
Now there were four
Psalm 39:2
I
And my
Jeremiah 4:5-6
“
Cry aloud and say,
‘
Into the fortified cities.’
Jeremiah 14:20
The iniquity of our fathers, for
Lamentations 3:27-28
The yoke in his youth.
Amos 6:10
Then one’s
Habakkuk 2:20
Zechariah 2:13
“