Jeremiah 8:17 Parallel Translations

"I am going to send snakes among you, vipers that can't be charmed. They will bite you," declares the LORD.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

ASV:

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

ERV:

For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

JPS:

For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

WBS:

For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

WEB:

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.

YLT:

For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 8:17 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 21:6 The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

Deuteronomy 32:24 They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust.

Psalm 58:4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

Psalm 58:5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:17 For, behold, I will {m} send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
(m) God threatens to send the Babylonians among them who will utterly destroy them in such sort, as by no means they will escape.

WES:

8:17 Shall bite - There will be no appeasing their fury by any method.

MHC:

8:14-22 At length they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when God appears against us, every thing that is against us appears formidable. As salvation only can be found in the Lord, so the present moment should be seized. Is there no medicine proper for a sick and dying kingdom? Is there no skilful, faithful hand to apply the medicine? Yes, God is able to help and to heal them. If sinners die of their wounds, their blood is upon their own heads. The blood of Christ is balm in Gilead, his Spirit is the Physician there, all-sufficient; so that the people may be healed, but will not. Thus men die unpardoned and unchanged, for they will not come to Christ to be saved.

CONC:

Adders Affirmation Basilisks Behold Bite Bitten Charm Charmed Charmer Cockatrices Declares Poison-snakes Power Says Sending Serpents Snakes Vipers Wonder-worker Wounds

Adders Affirmation Basilisks Bite Charm Charmed Charmer Declares Poison-Snakes Power Sending Serpents Snakes Venomous Vipers Wonder-Worker Wounds

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