Jeremiah 8:17
“For behold, I wil send serpents, cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you; saith the Lord.”
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Jeremiah 8:17 Context
15We looked for peace, but no good came: and for a time of health, and behold trouble. 16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones, for they are come and haue deuoured the land, and all that is in it, the citie, and those that dwell therein. 17For behold, I wil send serpents, cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you; saith the Lord. 18¶ When I would comfort my selfe against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. 19Behold the voice of the crie of the daughter of my people because of them that dwel in a farre countrey: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? why haue they prouoked me to anger with their grauen images, and with strange vanities?
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Other Translations for Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
- King James Version
"For behold, I am sending serpents against you, Adders, for which there is no charm, And they will bite you, declares the LORD."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.
- Basic English Bible
For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
- Darby Bible
For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
- Webster's Bible
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.
- World English Bible
For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 8:17
8:17 Shall bite - There will be no appeasing their fury by any method.