Jeremiah 10:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For this is what the Lord says: 'I am about to sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time and bring distress on them so that they may be found.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will sling{H7049} out the inhabitants{H3427} of the land{H776} at this time,{H6471} and will distress{H6887} them, that they may feel{H4672} [it].

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Behold, I will sling{H7049}{(H8802)} out the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} at this once{H6471}, and will distress{H6887}{(H8689)} them, that they may find{H4672}{(H8799)} it so.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For thus saieth the LORDE: Beholde, I wil now thrust out the inhatours of this londe a greate waye off, and trouble them of soch a fashio, that they shal no more be founde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For thus sayth the Lorde, Beholde, at this time I will throwe as with a sling the inhabitants of the lande, and will trouble them, and they shal finde it so.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For thus saith the Lorde: beholde, I wyll now throwe as with a stone sling, the inhabiters of this land at this once, and I wyll bring trouble vpon them, that they shall proue true the wordes that I haue spoken by the prophetes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find [it so].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel `it'.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it] .

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the Lord has said, I will send the people in flight like a stone from the land at this time, troubling them so that they will be conscious of it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For the LORD says,“I will now throw out those who live in this land. I will bring so much trouble on them that they will actually feel it.”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Even though someone pursues you to take your life, the life of my lord will be securely bound in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
  • Jer 15:1-2 : 1 Then the LORD said to me: 'Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not go out to these people. Send them away from My presence and let them go.' 2 And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.'
  • Jer 16:13 : 13 Therefore, I will hurl you out of this land into a land you and your ancestors have not known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.'
  • Jer 23:20 : 20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come, you will clearly understand it.
  • Ezek 6:10 : 10 And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not warn about bringing this disaster on them without cause.
  • Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and our deeds, so He has done to us.'
  • Deut 28:63-64 : 63 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so it will please Him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. 64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.

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