JER 29:17 Parallel View

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ULT Yahweh of hosts says this, ‘See, I am about to send sword, famine, and disease on them. For I will make them like rotten figs that are too bad to be eaten.

UST Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says this: “I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases. I will cause them to become like bad figs that are very rotten, with the result that no one can eat them.

BSB this is what the LORD of Hosts says:
§ “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.

OEB Thus saith Jehovah of Hosts: See! I will send the sword, the famine and the pestilence among them, and I will make them like figs that are too horribly bad to eat.

WEB Yahweh of Armies says: “Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that can’t be eaten, they are so bad.

WMB the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that can’t be eaten, they are so bad.

NET The Lord who rules over all says, ‘I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.

LSV thus said YHWH of Hosts: Behold, I am sending the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, and I have given them up as figs that [are] vile, that are not eaten because of badness.

FBV This is what the Lord Almighty says: I'm going send war and famine and disease against them. I'll make them like rotten figs, so bad that they can't be eaten.

T4T The Commander of the armies of angels says this: “I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases. I will cause them to become like [SIM] bad figs that are very rotten, with the result that no one can eat them.

LEB thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Look, I am going to send among them the sword, the famine, and the plague, and I will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten because of their bad quality.

BBE This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will send on them the sword and need of food and disease, and will make them like bad figs, which are of no use for food, they are so bad.

MOF No MOF JER book available

JPS thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

ASV thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

DRA Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will send upon them the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and I will make them like bad figs that cannot be eaten, because they are very bad.

YLT Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Lo, I am sending among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I have given them up as figs that [are] vile, that are not eaten for badness.

DBY thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like the vile figs, that cannot be eaten for badness.

RV thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

WBS Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

KJB Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

BB Thus I say speaketh the Lorde of hoastes, Beholde I wyll sende a sworde, hunger, and pestilence vpon them, and wyll make them lyke vntymely figges that may not be eaten for bitternesse:
(Thus I say speakth/speaks the Lord of hoastes, Behold I will send a sword, hunger, and pestilence upon them, and will make them like untymely figs that may not be eaten for bitterness:)

GNV Euen thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Beholde, I will sende vpon them the sworde, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figges, that cannot bee eaten, they are so naughtie.
(Even thus saith/says the Lord of hostes, Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so naughtie. )

CB Thus (I saye) speaketh the LORDE of hoostes: Beholde, I wil sende a swearde, honger & pestilence vpon them, & wil make them like vntymely fyges, that maye not be eate for bytternes.
(Thus (I saye) speakth/speaks the LORD of hoostes: Behold, I will send a swearde, hunger and pestilence upon them, and will make them like untymely fyges, that may not be eat for bitterness.)

WYC The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal sende among hem swerd, and hungur, and pestilence; and Y schal sette hem as yuele figis, that moun not be etun, for tho ben ful yuele.
(The Lord of oostis saith/says these things, Lo! I shall send among them swerd, and hunger, and pestilence; and I shall set them as yuele figis, that moun not be etun, for tho been full yuele.)

LUT ja, also spricht der HErr Zebaoth: Siehe, ich will Schwert, Hunger und Pestilenz unter sie schicken und will mit ihnen umgehen wie mit den bösen Feigen, da einem vor ekelt zu essen;
(ja, also spricht the LORD Zebaoth: Siehe, I will Schwert, Hunger and Pestilenz under they/she/them schicken and will with ihnen umgehen like with the evil Feigen, there one before/in_front_of ekelt to eat;)

CLV hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Ecce mittam in eos gladium, et famem, et pestem: et ponam eos quasi ficus malas, quæ comedi non possunt eo quod pessimæ sint:[fn]
(hæc dicit Master exercituum: Behold mittam in them gladium, and famem, and pestem: and ponam them as_if ficus malas, which comedi not/no possunt eo that pessimæ sint:)

29.17 Quasi ficus. Theodotio suarinas, id est, secundas, Symmachus novissimas, quæ Hebraice suarim

29.17 Quasi ficus. Theodotio suarinas, id it_is, secundas, Symmachus novissimas, which Hebraice suarim

BRN No BRN JER 29:17 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX JER 29:17 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Yahweh of hosts says this

(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/angels behold,I send in/on/at/with,them DOM the=drought//sword/knife DOM the,famine and=DOM the,plague and,make DOM,them like_the,figs the,rotten which/who not eaten because,bad )

Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 6:6.

(Occurrence 0) See

This alerts the reader to pay attention to what follows. Alternate translation: “Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) I am about to send sword, famine, and disease on them

The word “sword” is a metonym for war. Alternate translation: “I am going to punish them by having them die in war, from hunger, and from illness”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) For I will make them like rotten figs that are too bad to be eaten

Rotten figs are useless because they cannot be eaten, and Yahweh sees no use for the people of Israel.

Parallel JER 29:17