Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I
King James Version
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Holman Bible
of my dear
I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.
International Standard Version
Because my people are crushed, I'm crushed. I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.
A Conservative Version
For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold on me.
American Standard Version
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.
Amplified
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I (Jeremiah) am broken;
I mourn, anxiety has gripped me.
Bible in Basic English
For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am broken: I am dressed in the clothing of grief; fear has taken me in its grip.
Darby Translation
For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.
Julia Smith Translation
For the breaking of the daughter of my people was I broken; I was darkened; astonishment took hold of me.
King James 2000
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am mourning; dismay has taken hold on me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Because of the wound of the daughter of my people I am broken down, I mourn, horror has seized me.
Modern King James verseion
For the breaking of the daughter of my people I am broken; I am in gloom; horror has seized me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I am sore vexed, because of the hurt of my people: I am heavy and abashed,
NET Bible
My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay.
New Heart English Bible
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.
The Emphasized Bible
For the grievous injury of the daughter of my people, I am grievously injured, - I am enshrouded in gloom, Horror, hath seized me: -
Webster
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
World English Bible
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament Over Judah
20
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
21
I
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 14:17
"You shall say to them this word: 'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound, with a very grievous blow.
Joel 2:6
Before them peoples are in anguish; all faces grow pale.
Nahum 2:10
Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts melt and knees tremble; anguish is in all loins; all faces grow pale!
Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 9:1
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Nehemiah 2:3
I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"
Psalm 137:3-6
For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
Song of Songs 1:5-6
I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Jeremiah 17:16
I have not run away from being your shepherd, nor have I desired the day of sickness. You know what came out of my lips; it was before your face.
Luke 19:41
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,
Romans 9:1-3
I am speaking the truth in Christ--I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit--