Verse List for JER 8:17

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B I ◄ ← Jer 8:17 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Yes, listen, I’ll send snakes[fn] among you all— ⇔ ≈ vipers that can’t be charmed, ⇔ → and they’ll bite you all, says Yahweh.

OET-LV if/because HERE_I am_about _to _send among_you(pl) snakes vipers which there_is_not to/for_them charming and_they _will _bite you(pl) the _utterance _of YHWH.

ULT “For behold, I, am sending snakes among you, vipers that there is not for them a charm. ⇔ And they will bite you“—the declaration of Yahweh.

UST Yahweh says, “I will send those enemy soldiers to Judah, and they will be like poisonous snakes among you, ⇔ like poisonous snakes that no one will be able to stop them attacking you; they will attack you like snakes do, and kill you.”

BSB & MSB “For behold, I will send snakes among you, ⇔  vipers that cannot be charmed, ⇔  and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

OEB No OEB JER book available

WEBBE & WMBB “For, behold, I will send serpents, ⇔  adders amongst you, ⇔  which will not be charmed; ⇔  and they will bite you,” says the LORD.

NET The Lord says, ⇔ “Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you ⇔ that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. ⇔ And they will inflict fatal wounds on you.”

LSV For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers that have no charmer,
And they have bitten you,”
A declaration of YHWH.

FBV Watch out! I'm sending snakes among you, vipers that can't be charmed. They will come and bite you, declares the Lord.

T4T ⇔  Yahweh says, “I will send those enemy soldiers to Judah, ⇔  and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. ⇔ No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; ⇔  they will attack you like snakes do, and kill you.”

LEB • For look, I am letting loose among you snakes,
• adders for which there is no incantation,
• and they will bite you,” declares[fn] Yahweh.

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.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, 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.

DRA For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

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

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

RV For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
(For, behold, I will send serpents/snakes, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith/says the LORD.)

SLT For behold me sending serpents, vipers among you, which to them no hissing, and they bit you, says Jehovah.

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

KJB-1769 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
(For, behold, I will send serpents/snakes, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith/says the LORD.)

KJB-1611 For behold, I wil send serpents, cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you; saith the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Moreouer, I wyll sende cockatrices and serpentes among you (whiche wyl not be charmed) and they shall bite you, saith the Lorde.
(Moreover/What’s_more, I will send cockatrices and serpent/snakes among you (which will not be charmed) and they shall bite you, saith/says the Lord.)

Gnva For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall sting you, sayth the Lord.
(For behold, I will send serpents/snakes, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall sting you, saith/says the Lord.)

Cvdl Morouer, I will sende Cockatrices & serpetes amonge you (which will not be charmed) and they shal byte you, sayeth the LORDE.
(Moreover/What’s_more, I will send Cockatrices and serpents/snakes among you (which will not be charmed) and they shall bite you, saith/says the LORD.)

Wycl For lo! Y schal sende to you the werste serpentis, to whiche is no charmyng; and thei schulen bite you, seith the Lord.
(For lo! I shall send to you the werste serpents/snakes, to which is no charming; and they should bite you, saith/says the Lord.)

Luth Denn siehe, ich will Schlangen und Basilisken unter euch senden, die nicht beschworen sind; die sollen euch stechen, spricht der HErr.
(Because see/look, I will snakes and Basilisken under you send, the not summoned are; the should you sting/pierce, speaks/says the/of_the LORD.)

ClVg Quia ecce ego mittam vobis serpentes regulos, quibus non est incantatio: et mordebunt vos, ait Dominus.[fn]
(Because behold I I_will_send to_you(pl) snakes regulos, to_whom not/no it_is incantatio: and mordebunt you(pl), he_said Master.)

UHB כִּי֩ הִנְ⁠נִ֨י מְשַׁלֵּ֜חַ בָּ⁠כֶ֗ם נְחָשִׁים֙ צִפְעֹנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־לָ⁠הֶ֖ם לָ֑חַשׁ וְ⁠נִשְּׁכ֥וּ אֶתְ⁠כֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ס ‡

BrLXX Διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω εἰς ὑμᾶς ὄφεις θανατοῦντας, οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπᾴσαι, καὶ δήξονται ὑμᾶς

BrTr For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you