Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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?
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 shall be chosen rather than life by all the rest of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts. 4 Moreover you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD; Shall they fall, and not rise? shall he turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:16
For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity.
Amos 5:2
The virgin of Israel has fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
1 Kings 8:38
Whatsoever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man the affliction of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 3:1
They say, If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man's, may he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 3:22
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto you; for you are the LORD our God.
Jeremiah 4:1
If you will return, O Israel, says the LORD, return unto me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then shall you not be moved.
Jeremiah 23:14
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 36:3
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD: and not that he should turn from his ways, and live?
Hosea 6:1
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.
Hosea 7:10
And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto the LORD your God; for you have fallen because of your iniquity.