Jeremiah
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 8:15
“We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!”
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 8:15 Context
12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. 13I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. 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 have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. 17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. 18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
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Translation Details for Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Other Translations for Jeremiah 8:15
Bible Commentary for Jeremiah 8:15
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 8:15
8:13 Pass away - Shall be taken away by their enemies.
8:14 Why - The people at length seem to bethink themselves, and thus to bespeak each other. Silent - Keep close within our walls.
8:16 The snorting - The fury of the Chaldeans march is described by the snorting of their horses, which is a noise they make through their nostrils. Heard - Even to Jerusalem. Have devoured - It is spoken in a prophetical style, who use to express the certainty of what shall be, as if it actually were already.
8:17 Shall bite - There will be no appeasing their fury by any method.
We looked for peace, but no good came: and for a time of health, and behold trouble.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
{We} waited for peace, but no good {came;} For a time of healing, but behold, terror!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
We looked for peace, but no good came; `and' for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- American Standard Version (1901)
We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.
- Basic English Bible
Peace is looked for, and there is no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror.
- Darby Bible
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold, trouble!
- Webster's Bible
We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
- World English Bible
Looking for peace -- and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.
- Youngs Literal Bible
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold terror!'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible