Jeremiah 17:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They will be like a shrub in the desert, dwelling in a parched place in the wilderness, in a land of salt where no one lives, and will not see when prosperity comes.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For he shall be like the heath{H6199} in the desert,{H6160} and shall not see{H7200} when good{H2896} cometh,{H935} but shall inhabit{H7931} the parched places{H2788} in the wilderness,{H4057} a salt{H4420} land{H776} and not inhabited.{H3427}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For he shall be like the heath{H6199} in the desert{H6160}, and shall not see{H7200}{(H8799)} when good{H2896} cometh{H935}{(H8799)}; but shall inhabit{H7931}{(H8804)} the parched places{H2788} in the wilderness{H4057}, in a salt{H4420} land{H776} and not inhabited{H3427}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He shall be like the heeth, that groweth in the wildernes. As for the good thinge that is for to come, he shall not se it: but dwell in a drie place off the wildernes, in a salt and vnoccupied londe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For he shall be like the heath in the wildernesse, and shall not see when any good commeth, but shall inhabite the parched places in the wildernesse, in a salt land, and not inhabited.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He shalbe like the heath that groweth in wildernesse: As for the good thyng that is for to come, he shall not see it, but dwell in a drye place of the wildernesse, in a salt and vnoccupied lande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one can live.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 29:23 : 23 All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?'
  • Jer 48:6 : 6 Flee! Save your lives like a juniper in the wilderness.
  • Job 20:17 : 17 He will not see the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and butter.
  • Job 39:6 : 6 I made the wilderness its home and the barren land its dwelling place.
  • Ps 1:4 : 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind drives away.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:
  • Ps 129:6-8 : 6 Let them be like grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, 7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his arms. 8 And those who pass by do not say, 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'
  • Isa 1:30 : 30 For you will be like a terebinth whose leaves wither, and like a garden without water.
  • Judg 9:45 : 45 Abimelech fought against the city all that day, captured it, killed its inhabitants, tore it down, and sowed it with salt.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning replied to the man of God, "Even if the Lord were to open the floodgates of heaven, could this happen?" Elisha answered, "You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it."
  • 2 Kgs 7:19-20 : 19 The officer had answered the man of God, "Look, even if the Lord were to open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?" The man of God had replied, "You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!" 20 And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
  • Job 8:11-13 : 11 Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can reeds thrive without water? 12 While still in their greenness and not cut down, they wither more quickly than any grass. 13 Such is the fate of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
  • Job 15:30-34 : 30 He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his branch, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away. 31 Let him not trust in worthlessness, deceiving himself, for worthlessness will be his reward. 32 It will be fulfilled before his time, and his branch will not remain green. 33 He will shake off his unripe grapes like a vine and cast away his blossoms like the olive tree. 34 For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
  • Ezek 47:11 : 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
  • Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore, as surely as I live—declares the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel—Moab will become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual ruin. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the survivors of My nation will inherit their land.

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