Jeremiah 11:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I was like a gentle lamb being led to the slaughter. I did not realize they had plotted against me, saying, ‘Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will never be remembered again.’

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But I was like a gentle lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But I was like a gentle{H441} lamb{H3532} that is led{H2986} to the slaughter;{H2873} and I knew{H3045} not that they had devised{H2803} devices{H4284} against me, [saying], Let us destroy{H7843} the tree{H6086} with the fruit{H3899} thereof, and let us cut him off{H3772} from the land{H776} of the living,{H2416} that his name{H8034} may be no more remembered.{H2142}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But I was like a lamb{H3532} or an ox{H441} that is brought{H2986}{(H8714)} to the slaughter{H2873}{(H8800)}; and I knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not that they had devised{H2803}{(H8804)} devices{H4284} against me, saying, Let us destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} the tree{H6086} with the fruit{H3899} thereof, and let us cut him off{H3772}{(H8799)} from the land{H776} of the living{H2416}, that his name{H8034} may be no more remembered{H2142}{(H8735)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But I (as a meke lambe) was caried awaye to be slayne: not knowinge, that they had deuysed soch a councel agaynst me, sayenge: We will destroye his meate with wod, and dryue him out of the londe of the lyuynge, that his name shal neuer be thought vpon.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But I was like a lambe, or a bullocke, that is brought to the slaughter, and I knewe not that they had deuised thus against me, saying, Let vs destroy the tree with the fruite thereof, and cut him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name may be no more in memory.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But I am as a meeke lambe, an oxe that is caryed away to be slayne, not knowing that they had deuised suche a counsell against me saying, We wyll destroy his meate with wood, and driue him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name shall neuer be thought vpon.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit of it, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And I `am' as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, `saying', Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying,“Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more.”

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 83:4 : 4 They devise cunning plans against your people and conspire together against your treasured ones.
  • Job 28:13 : 13 Mankind does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
  • Isa 53:7-8 : 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment, he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people, he was punished.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then they said, 'Come, let's devise plans against Jeremiah, for instruction won't vanish from the priest, counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let's attack him with our words, and let's not pay attention to anything he says.'
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'
  • Ps 27:13 : 13 I am confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
  • Ps 109:13 : 13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 You love evil more than good, and falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
  • Luke 20:10-15 : 10 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 He proceeded to send another servant, but they also beat him, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 Then he sent a third one, but they wounded him also and threw him out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.' 14 But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Let’s kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.' 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?'
  • Num 1:14 : 14 from the tribe of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
  • Ps 112:6 : 6 Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous will be remembered forever.
  • Ps 116:9 : 9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
  • Ps 142:5 : 5 Look to the right and see—no one recognizes me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles.
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 The schemes of the wicked are evil; he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
  • Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead."
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 I am forgotten like someone dead and gone; I have become like a broken vessel.
  • Ps 35:15 : 15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in the hands of the wicked or condemn him when he is judged.
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 And they plotted together to arrest Jesus by deceit and kill Him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 20 But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously and tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you.

  • 18 The LORD revealed their plans to me, and I knew what they were plotting, for he showed me their deeds.

  • Jer 20:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 I hear many whispering, 'Terror on every side! Report him! Let’s report him!' All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, 'Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.'

    11 But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly disgraced, their dishonor will never be forgotten.

  • Job 19:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

    10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

    11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me as one of His enemies.

  • Jer 12:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 But you, LORD, know me; you see me and test my heart toward you. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.

    4 How long will the land mourn and the grass in the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are swept away. For they said, 'He will not see our end.'

  • 11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Ps 31:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11 My life is consumed with grief and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasting away.

    12 I am a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more to my neighbors—a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me on the street flee from me.

    13 I am forgotten like someone dead and gone; I have become like a broken vessel.

  • Job 16:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11 God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

    12 I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

    13 His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

  • 15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.

    23 But You, Lord, know all their plans to kill me. Do not forgive their wrongdoing, do not blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them collapse before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

  • 10 I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • Lam 1:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

    14 My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hands they were fastened together. They were laid on my neck; he has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

  • Isa 38:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end.

    13 I have calmed myself until morning; like a lion, He breaks all my bones. Day and night You bring me to an end.

  • 28 If you say, 'Why should we persecute him?' since the root of the matter is found in me,

  • 12 My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.

  • 19 but you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a corpse trampled underfoot.

  • 12 They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the Lord, I cut them off.

  • 21 People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day you have announced, so they may become like me.

  • 3 For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • 16 I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You. I have not desired the day of disaster. You know what has come from my lips; it was before You.

  • 53 They threw me alive into a pit and cast a stone upon me.

  • 6 He has made me a byword among the peoples, and I have become one at whom they spit.

  • 15 You know, LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. Do not take me away in the prolonging of Your anger; know that I bear reproach for Your sake.

  • Ps 22:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 They open their mouths against me, like a lion ripping and roaring.

    15 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.

  • 3 Deliver me from evildoers, and save me from those who thirst for blood.

  • 27 But I know your sitting down, your going out, and your coming in, as well as your raging against Me.

  • 27 Behold, I know your thoughts and the schemes you plot against me.

  • 11 I handed it over to a mighty ruler among the nations; he dealt with it according to its wickedness. I drove it out.

  • 12 On my right-hand side, the mob rises up; they push away my feet and build up their ways of destruction against me.

  • 16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

  • 35 'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'

  • 19 Woe to me because of my brokenness! My wound is incurable. Yet I said, 'This is my suffering, and I must endure it.'

  • 9 That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

  • 19 If only I had never existed, carried straight from the womb to the grave.

  • 7 It has laid waste my vine and ruined my fig tree. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away; their branches are made white.

  • 29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • 15 What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

  • 8 The nations surrounded him from all their provinces. They spread their net over him and trapped him in their pit.