Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For behold me sending serpents, vipers among you, which to them no hissing, and they bit you, says Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible
Adders, for which there is
And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.
King James Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Holman Bible
poisonous vipers
They will bite you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
International Standard Version
Look, I'll send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they'll bite you."
A Conservative Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says LORD.
American Standard Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.
Darby Translation
For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
King James 2000
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For look, I [am] letting loose among you snakes, adders for which there is no incantation, and they will bite you," {declares} Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
For, behold, I will send serpents and adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, I will send Cockatrices and serpents among you which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you," sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
The Lord says, "Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you."
New Heart English Bible
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you," says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
For behold me! sending among you serpents - vipers which there is no charming, - And they shall fatally bite you declareth Yahweh.
Webster
For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
World English Bible
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Interlinear
Shalach
Lachash
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Longs For Yahweh's Help
16 From Dan was heard the snorting of his horses; from the voice of the neighings of his strong ones all the land trembled: and they will come and cut up the land, and its fulness; the city and those dwelling in it 17 For behold me sending serpents, vipers among you, which to them no hissing, and they bit you, says Jehovah. 18 Because I afflicted not sorrow upon myself, my heart was sick upon me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24
Exhausted with hunger, consumed with burning, And bitter destruction: And I will send upon them the tooth of beasts, With the wrath of those crawlers of the dust
Psalm 58:4-5
Wrath to them according to the likeness of the wrath of a serpent: as the deaf adder will stop its ear;
Numbers 21:6
And Jehovah will send upon the people deadly serpents, and they will bite the people; and much people will die from Israel
Ecclesiastes 10:11
If a serpent will bite without magic; and no pre?minence to the possessor of the tongue.
Isaiah 14:29
Thou shalt not rejoice Philistia, all of thee, because the rod of him striking thee was broken: for from the root of the serpent shall come forth a viper, and his fruit burning flying.
Amos 5:19
According as a man will flee from the face of the lion and the bear struck upon him, and he came into the house and leaned his hand upon the wall, and the serpent bit him.
Amos 9:3
And if they shall hide in the head of Carmel, from thence will I search and take them; and if they shall be concealed from before mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, from thence I will command the serpent, and he bit them.
Revelation 9:19
For their powers are in their month, and in their tails: for their tails like serpents, having heads, and with them they injure.