Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.
New American Standard Bible
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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.
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 is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.' 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn't the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 14:17
"You shall say this word to them, 'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
Joel 2:6
At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
Nahum 2:10
She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish. I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 9:1
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring 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 shouldn't my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?"
Psalm 137:3-6
For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
Song of Songs 1:5-6
I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains.
Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
Luke 19:41
When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,
Romans 9:1-3
I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,