Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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?
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 will be preferred to life by all the remaining of this evil clan in all the remaining places where I have driven them away," {declares} Yahweh. 4 "And you shall say to them, 'Thus asks Yahweh: "Do men fall and not stand up? If one turns away does he not return? 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away [in] enduring apostasy? They have kept hold of deceit, they have refused to return.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:16
For seven [times] the righteous will fall, but he will rise, but the wicked will be overthrown by calamity.
Amos 5:2
Virgin Israel has fallen and will not rise again. She is deserted on her land; there is no one to raise her up.
Micah 7:8
You should not rejoice over me, O my enemy! When I fall I will stand up; when I sit in darkness Yahweh [will be] a light for me.
1 Kings 8:38
any prayer or any plea which is [offered] by any person for all of your people Israel, who each knows the infestation of his [own] heart and spreads out his palms to this house,
Isaiah 44:22
I have wiped your transgressions out like cloud and your sins like mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you!"
Isaiah 55:7
Let [the] wicked forsake his way, and [the] man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will {forgive manifold}.
Jeremiah 3:1
A {saying}: 'Look, [if] a man divorces his wife, and she goes from him {and she becomes another man's wife}, will he return to her again?' Will not that land be greatly defiled? And you have prostituted [yourself] [with] many lovers, [would] you now return to me?" {declares} Yahweh.
Jeremiah 3:22
Return, apostate children, I will heal your backsliding. 'Look, we come to you, for you are Yahweh our God.
Jeremiah 4:1
If you return, Israel," {declares} Yahweh, "you return to me. And if you remove your abominations from my {presence}, and you do not wander,
Jeremiah 23:14
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible. They commit adultery, and they walk in lies, and they make strong [the] hands of evildoers, [so] that they have not turned back each from his wickedness. All of them have become to me like Sodom, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 36:3
Perhaps [when] the house of Judah hears all the disasters that I [am] planning to do to them, then they may turn back each one from his evil way, and I will forgive their guilt and their sin."
Ezekiel 18:23
Have I delight by any means [in the] death of [the] wicked, {declares} the Lord Yahweh, [and] not at his turning from his way, {so that} he lives?
Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to Yahweh; because [it is] he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us down and will bind us up.
Hosea 7:10
The pride of Israel {testifies against him}-- they do not return to Yahweh their God; they do not seek him for all of this.
Hosea 14:1
Return to Yahweh your God, Israel, for you have stumbled because of your sin.