Jeremiah 2:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glory for worthless idols.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Has a nation changed their gods, which are not gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Hath a nation{H1471} changed{H3235} [its] gods,{H430} which yet are no gods?{H430} but my people{H5971} have changed{H4171} their glory{H3519} for that which doth not profit.{H3276}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Hath a nation{H1471} changed{H3235}{(H8689)} their gods{H430}, which are yet no gods{H430}? but my people{H5971} have changed{H4171}{(H8689)} their glory{H3519} for that which doth not profit{H3276}{(H8686)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    whether the Gentiles themselues deale so falsly & vntruly with their goddes (which yet are no goddes in dede.) But my people hath geuen ouer their hie honoure, for a thinge that maye not helpe them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Hath any nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? But my people haue chaged their glorie, for that which doeth not profite.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Whether the gentiles them selues haue chaunged their gods which yet are no gods in deede? but my people hath chaunged their honour for a thyng that may not helpe them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Hath a nation changed gods? (And they `are' no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Hath a nation changed `its' gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Hath a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Has a nation changed [its] gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Has a nation ever changed its gods(even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 37:19 : 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
  • Jer 16:20 : 20 Can people make their own gods? Such gods are not gods at all!
  • Ps 106:20 : 20 They exchanged their glory for the image of an ox that eats grass.
  • Rom 1:23 : 23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.
  • Mic 4:5 : 5 Though all the nations walk in the name of their gods, we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
  • Jer 2:8 : 8 The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds rebelled against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed worthless things.
  • Ps 115:4 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
  • Deut 33:29 : 29 Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will come cringing to you, and you will tread on their high places.
  • Ps 3:3 : 3 Many say of me, "There is no salvation for him in God." Selah.
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 So then, concerning eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and there is no God but one.
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life, inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

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