Jeremiah 4:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Your own way and your deeds have caused this to you; this is your calamity. How bitter it is! It has reached your very heart.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Your way and your deeds have procured these things for you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thy way{H1870} and thy doings{H4611} have procured{H6213} these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness;{H7451} for it is bitter,{H4751} for it reacheth{H5060} unto thy heart.{H3820}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thy way{H1870} and thy doings{H4611} have procured{H6213}{(H8804)} these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness{H7451}, because it is bitter{H4751}, because it reacheth{H5060}{(H8804)} unto thine heart{H3820}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thy wayes and thy thoughtes, haue brought the vnto this, this is thyne owne wickednesse and disobediece, that hath possessed thyne hert:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thy wayes and thine inuentions haue procured thee these things, such is thy wickednesse: therefore it shall be bitter, therefore it shall perce vnto thine heart.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thy wayes and thy thoughtes haue brought thee vnto this, such is thine owne wickednesse and disobedience: and because it is a bitter thyng, it hath stricken thee to the heart.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This `is' thy vexation, for `it is' bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.”

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness will discipline you; your backslidings will rebuke you. Consider and see how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
  • Ps 107:17 : 17 Some became fools because of their rebellious ways and suffered because of their sins.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says: Where is the certificate of divorce for your mother, whom I sent away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Behold, because of your sins, you were sold, and because of your transgressions, your mother was sent away.
  • Jer 2:17 : 17 Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when he led you in the way?
  • Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be caught by his own iniquities, and he will be held fast by the cords of his sin.
  • Jer 5:19 : 19 And when you ask, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' you are to tell them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'
  • Jer 6:19 : 19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to My words and have rejected My law.
  • Jer 26:19 : 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and plead for His favor? And the LORD relented concerning the disaster that He pronounced against them. But we are about to bring a terrible disaster upon ourselves!
  • Job 20:5-9 : 5 that the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment? 6 Even if his greatness rises to the heavens and his head reaches to the clouds, 7 he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?' 8 Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night. 9 The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more. 10 His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will return his wealth. 11 The youthful vigor that filled his bones will lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13 though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth, 14 yet his food in his stomach is turned to the venom of cobras within him. 15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach. 16 He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

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