Verse List for JER 3:2

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OET (OET-RV) Look up at the barren hilltops and see. ⇔ Is there anywhere there where you haven’t given yourself? ⇔ You sat by the paths waiting for them like an Arab waiting in the wilderness, ⇔ and so you’ve polluted the nation by your acts of prostitution and wickedness.

OET-LV Lift _up eyes _of_your on bare _heights and_see where not have _you _been _lain _with[fn] at roads you _sat to/for_them like_an _ˊArāⱱī in_wilderness and_you _have _polluted the_land by_prostitution(s)_of_your and_by_wickedness _of_your.

ULT Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see! ⇔  Where have you not been ravished? ⇔ By the roads you sat for them, ⇔  as an Arab in the wilderness. ⇔ And you have polluted the land ⇔  with your prostitution and with your evil.

UST “Look up at the barren hilltops. ⇔  On every hilltop you have worshiped idols. ⇔ It is as though you have sat along the roadsides like a prostitute waiting to have sex with those who pass by. ⇔  It is as though you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting to attack and steal things from those who pass by. ⇔ Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the entire land to become unacceptable to me.

BSB & MSB “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. ⇔  Is there any place where you have not been violated? ⇔ You sat beside the highways {waiting} for [your lovers], ⇔  like a nomad in the desert. ⇔ You have defiled the land ⇔  with your prostitution and wickedness.

OEB No OEB JER book available

WEBBE & WMBB “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.

NET “Look up at the hilltops and consider this. ⇔ You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. ⇔ You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. ⇔ You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.

LSV “Lift your eyes to the high places, and see,
Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them on the ways,
As an Arab in a wilderness,
And you defile the land,
By your fornications, and by your wickedness.

FBV Look up at the bare hilltops. Is there anywhere that you haven't had sex? You sat at the roadside like someone from the desert waiting for your lovers to pass by. You have made the land unclean with your prostitution and evil.

T4T “Look up at the barren hilltops. ⇔  On every hilltop there are [RHQ] idols that you have worshiped. ⇔ It is as though they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. ⇔  It is as though you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting to attack and steal things from those who pass by. ⇔ Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, ⇔  you have caused the entire land to become unacceptable to me.

LEB • “Lift up your eyes at the barren heights,
  • and see where you have not been ravished.
• Beside the roads you sat for them like an Arab in the desert,[fn]
  • and you have defiled the land
• with your fornication
  • and with your wickedness.

BBE Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your evil-doing.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Lift up thine eyes unto the high hills, and see: Where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy harlotries and with thy wickedness.

ASV Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

DRA Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: Thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness.

YLT Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.

Drby Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.

RV Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
(Lift up thine/your eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou/you not been lain with? By the ways hast thou/you sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou/you hast polluted the land with thy/your whoredoms/prostitutions and with thy/your wickedness.)

SLT Lift up thine eyes upon the naked hills and see where thou wert not lain with. Upon the ways thou didst sit for them as the ravens in the desert; and thou wilt defile the land with thy fornications and with thine evil.

Wbstr Lift up thy eyes to the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy acts of lewdness, and with thy wickedness.

KJB-1769 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
(Lift up thine/your eyes unto the high places, and see where thou/you hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou/you sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou/you hast polluted the land with thy/your whoredoms/prostitutions and with thy/your wickedness.)

KJB-1611 Lift vp thine eyes vnto the high places, and see where thou hast not bene lien with: in the wayes hast thou sate for them, as the Arabian in the wildernesse, and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredomes, and with thy wickednes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Lift vp thine eyes to the hygh places, and loke where thou hast not ben defiled: Thou hast wayted for them in the streetes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse, through thy whoredome and shamefull blasphemies is the lande defiled.
(Lift up thine/your eyes to the high places, and look where thou/you hast not been defiled: Thou/You hast waited for them in the streets, and as a murderer in the wilderness, through thy/your whoredom/prostitution and shameful blasphemies is the land defiled.)

Gnva Lift vp thine eyes vnto the hie places, and beholde, where thou hast not plaied the harlot: thou hast sit waiting for them in the waies, as the Arabian in the wildernesse: and thou hast polluted the lande with thy whoredomes, and with thy malice.
(Lift up thine/your eyes unto the high places, and behold, where thou/you hast not played the harlot: thou/you hast sit waiting for them in the ways, as the Arabian in the wilderness: and thou/you hast polluted the land with thy/your whoredoms/prostitutions, and with thy/your malice.)

Cvdl Lift vp thine eyes on euery syde, and loke, yf thou be not defyled. Thou hast waited for them in the stretes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse. Thorow thy whordome and shamefull blasphemies, is the londe defyled.
(Lift up thine/your eyes on every side, and loke, if thou/you be not defiled. Thou/You hast waited for them in the streets, and as a murderer in the wilderness. Through thy/your whoredom/prostitution and shameful blasphemies, is the land defiled.)

Wycl Reise thin iyen in to streiyt, and se, where thou art not cast doun. Thou hast setun in weies, abidynge hem as a theef in wildirnesse, and thou hast defoulid the erthe in thi fornicaciouns and in thi malices.
(Raise thin eyes in to straight, and see, where thou/you art not cast down. Thou/You hast setun in ways, abiding hem as a thief in wilderness, and thou/you hast defiled the earth in thy/your fornications and in thy/your malices.)

Luth Hebe deine Augen auf zu den Höhen und siehe, wie du allenthalben Hurerei treibest. An den Straßen sitzest du und wartest auf sie, wie ein Araber in der Wüste, und verunreinigest das Land mit deiner Hurerei und Bosheit.
(lift(n) your eyes on/in/to to/for the heights and see/look, as/like you(sg) everywhere fornication drive. An the roads sit you(sg) and wait on/in/to they/she/them, as/like a Araber in the/of_the desert, and contaminated the country with your(s) fornication and wickedness/malice.)

ClVg Leva oculos tuos in directum, et vide ubi non prostrata sis. In viis sedebas, exspectans eos quasi latro in solitudine: et polluisti terram in fornicationibus tuis, et in malitiis tuis.[fn]
(Lift_up the_eyes yours in/into/on direct, and see where not/no prostrate you_are. In ways you_were_sitting, waiting them as_if robber in/into/on solitude: and you_polluted the_earth/land in/into/on fornication yours, and in/into/on malice yours.)

UHB שְׂאִֽי־עֵינַ֨יִ⁠ךְ עַל־שְׁפָיִ֜ם וּ⁠רְאִ֗י אֵיפֹה֙ לֹ֣א שגלת עַל־דְּרָכִים֙ יָשַׁ֣בְתְּ לָ⁠הֶ֔ם כַּ⁠עֲרָבִ֖י בַּ⁠מִּדְבָּ֑ר וַ⁠תַּחֲנִ֣יפִי אֶ֔רֶץ בִּ⁠זְנוּתַ֖יִ⁠ךְ וּ⁠בְ⁠רָעָתֵֽ⁠ךְ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἆρον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου εἰς εὐθεῖαν, καὶ ἴδε, ποῦ οὐχὶ ἐξεφύρθης· ἐπὶ ταῖς ὁδοῖς ἐκάθισας αὐτοῖς ὡσεὶ κορώνη ἐρημουμένη, καὶ ἐμίανας τὴν γῆν ἐν ταῖς πορνείαις σου καὶ ἐν ταῖς κακίαις σου,

BrTr Lift up thine eyes to look straight forward, and see where thou hast not been utterly defiled. Thou hast sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and hast defiled the land with thy fornications and thy wickedness.