Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Because of the wound of the daughter of my people I am broken down, I mourn, horror has seized me.
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.
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.
Topics
Interlinear
Sheber
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament Over Judah
20 [The] harvest has passed, [the] summer has come to an end, and we have not received help. 21 "Because of the wound of the daughter of my people I am broken down, I mourn, horror has seized me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no healer there? Why, then, has the healing of the daughter of my people not been restored?
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 14:17
"And you shall say to them this word, 'Let my eyes melt [with] tears night and day, and let them not cease, for [with] a great wound the virgin daughter of my people is broken, [with] a very incurable wound.
Joel 2:6
{From before them} nations writhe, all faces {turn pale}.
Nahum 2:10
Emptiness and plundering and devastation! Their hearts faint and their knees tremble, {All their loins shake} and all their faces {turn} pale.
Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels, my bowels! I writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart is restless within me, I cannot keep silent, for I hear [in] my inner self the sound of a horn, [the] alarm of war.
Jeremiah 9:1
{Oh that my head were waters}, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night, [for] the slain of the daughter of my people.
Nehemiah 2:3
I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad when the city of my ancestors' burial site is ruined and her gates are consumed by fire?"
Psalm 137:3-6
For there our captors asked of us words of a song, and our tormentors [asked of us] jubilation, "Sing for us from a song of Zion."
Song of Songs 1:5-6
I [am] black but beautiful, {O maidens of Jerusalem}, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Jeremiah 17:16
But I, I have not run away from being a shepherd {who follows you}, and I have not desired the disastrous day. You, you know the pronouncement of my lips, it was before your face.
Luke 19:41
And when he approached [and] saw the city, he wept over it,
Romans 9:1-3
I am telling the truth in Christ--[I am] not lying; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit--