Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And say to them, Thus said Jehovah, Shall they fall and not rise? if he shall turn back, and not turn back?
New American Standard Bible
“You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord,
“Do men
Does one turn away and not
King James Version
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
Holman Bible
“You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says:
If they turn away, do they not return?
International Standard Version
"You are to say to them, "This is what the LORD says: "Will a person fall down and then not get up? Will someone turn away and then not turn back again?
A Conservative Version
Moreover thou shall say to them, Thus says LORD: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall he turn away, and not return?
American Standard Version
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?
Amplified
“Moreover [Jeremiah], you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord,
Does one turn away [from God] and not repent and return [to Him]?
Bible in Basic English
Further, you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Will those who are falling not be lifted up again? will he who has gone away not come back?
Darby Translation
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do men fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?
King James 2000
Moreover you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD; Shall they fall, and not rise? shall he turn away, and not return?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And you shall say to them, 'Thus asks Yahweh: "Do men fall and not stand up? If one turns away does he not return?
Modern King James verseion
And you shall say to them, So says Jehovah; shall they fall and not arise? Shall he turn away and not return?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"This shalt thou say unto them also: Thus sayeth the LORD, Do men fall also, that they arise not up again? And turn they so far away, that they never convert?
NET Bible
The Lord said to me, "Tell them, 'The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?
New Heart English Bible
"Moreover you shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore shalt thou say unto them - Thus, saith Yahweh, Will men fall and not arise? Will one turn away, and not come back?
Webster
Moreover, thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
World English Bible
Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Death Over Life
3 And death was chosen above life to all the remnant of those being left from this evil family, in all the places being left where I cast them out there, says Jehovah of armies. 4 And say to them, Thus said Jehovah, Shall they fall and not rise? if he shall turn back, and not turn back? 5 Wherefore did this people of Jerusalem turn away a continual turning away? they laid hold upon deceit; they refused to turn back.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:16
For the just one shall fall seven times, and rise: and the unjust shall be weak in evil
Amos 5:2
The virgin of Israel fell; she shall not add to rise: she was cast out upon her land; none raising her up.
Micah 7:8
Thou shalt not rejoice against me, O mine enemy: if I fell I arose: if I shall sit in darkness, Jehovah a light to me.
1 Kings 8:38
Every prayer, every supplication which shall be to every man to all thy people Israel which shall know a man the blow to his heart and spread forth his hands to this house:
Isaiah 44:22
I wiped away as a cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins: turn back to me for I redeemed thee.
Isaiah 55:7
The unjust one shall forsake his way, and the man of vanity his purposes, and turn back to Jehovah, and he will pity him, and to our God, for he will multiply to forgive.
Jeremiah 3:1
Saying, If a man shall send away his wife, and she went from him and she was to another man, shall he yet turn back to her? Being defiled, shall not that land be defiled? and thou committedst fornication with many shepherds; and turn back to me, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 3:22
Turn back, ye sons turning away; I will heal your turnings-away. Behold, we came to thee; for thou Jehovah our God.
Jeremiah 4:1
If thou wilt turn back, O Israel, says Jehovah; thou shalt turn back to me: and if thou wilt remove thine abominations from my face thou shalt not be moved.
Jeremiah 23:14
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I saw a horrible thing, committing adultery and going in falsehood: and they strengthened the hands of those doing evil, they turned not back a man from his evil: they were to me all of them as Sodom, and those dwelling in her as Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 36:3
Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; so that they will turn back each from his evil way; and I pardoned their iniquity and their sin.
Ezekiel 18:23
Delighting, shall I delight in the death of the unjust one? says the Lord Jehovah: not in his turning back from his way and living?
Hosea 6:1
Go ye and we will turn back to Jehovah: for he rent and he will heal us; he will strike, and he will bind us up.
Hosea 7:10
And the pride of Israel was humbled in his face: and they turned not back to Jehovah their God. and sought him not in all this
Hosea 14:1
Turn back, O Israel, even to Jehovah thy God, for thou wert weak in thine iniquity.