Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For a time of healing, but behold, terror!
King James Version
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Holman Bible
for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
International Standard Version
We waited for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.
A Conservative Version
We looked for peace, but no good came, for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
American Standard Version
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Amplified
We waited for peace and salvation, but no good came,
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
Bible in Basic English
We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.
Darby Translation
Peace is looked for, and there is no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror.
Julia Smith Translation
Hoping for peace, and no good; for a time of healing, and behold, terror.
King James 2000
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Lexham Expanded Bible
[We] hope for peace, but there is no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror.
Modern King James verseion
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, but behold, trouble!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
We looked for peace, and we fair not the better; we waited for the time of health, and lo, here is nothing but trouble.
NET Bible
We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.
New Heart English Bible
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay.
The Emphasized Bible
A waiting For prosperity, but no welfare, - For a time of healing, but lo! terror.
Webster
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold, trouble!
World English Bible
We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
Youngs Literal Translation
Looking for peace -- and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Longs For Yahweh's Help
14
Why do we sit still? Gather together; let us go into the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us to perish and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
15
For a time of healing, but behold, terror!
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Cross References
Jeremiah 14:19
Have you utterly rejected Judah? Does your soul loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
Jeremiah 4:10
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'It shall be well with you,' whereas the sword has reached their very life."
Jeremiah 8:11
They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
Micah 1:12
For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because disaster has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.