Jeremiah 49:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Why do you boast of your valleys, your abundant valley, O rebellious daughter? You trust in your treasures and say, 'Who will come against me?'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Why do you boast in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? Who trusted in her treasures, saying, Who will come against me?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore gloriest{H1984} thou in the valleys,{H6010} thy flowing{H2100} valley,{H6010} O backsliding{H7728} daughter?{H1323} that trusted{H982} in her treasures,{H214} [saying], Who shall come{H935} unto me?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Wherefore gloriest{H1984}{(H8691)} thou in the valleys{H6010}, thy flowing{H2100}{(H8802)} valley{H6010}, O backsliding{H7728} daughter{H1323}? that trusted{H982}{(H8802)} in her treasures{H214}, saying, Who shall come{H935}{(H8799)} unto me?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames, that flowe to and fro, o thou fearce doughter: and thynkest thou art so safe (by reason off thy treasure) that no man shal come to the?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleis? thy valley floweth away, O rebellious daughter: she trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come vnto me?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wherfore gloriest thou in the valley? thy valley hath flowed away O thou rebellious daughter, and thinkest thou that thou art so safe by reason of thy treasure, that no man shall come to thee?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Why glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? who trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come to me?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    What -- dost thou boast thyself in valleys? Flowed hath thy valley, O backsliding daughter, Who is trusting in her treasures: Who doth come in unto me?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, `saying', Who shall come unto me?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Why do you glory in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? who trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come to me?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Why do you brag about your great power? Your power is ebbing away, you rebellious people of Ammon, who trust in your riches and say,‘Who would dare to attack us?’

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 9:23 : 23 But let the one who boasts boast in this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 21:13 : 13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, declares the LORD. You who say, 'Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?'
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
  • Jer 48:7 : 7 Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you too will be captured! Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials together.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
  • Jer 3:14 : 14 Return, faithless children,' declares the LORD, 'for I am your master. I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
  • Jer 7:24 : 24 But they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, they walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts. They went backward, not forward.
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
  • Isa 28:1-4 : 1 Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those overcome by wine. 2 Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty, like a hailstorm, a destructive tempest, like a driving flood of mighty waters overflowing, He will cast it down to the ground by His hand. 3 The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trampled underfoot. 4 The fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like an early fig before the summer harvest—when someone sees it, they quickly swallow it while it is still in their hand.
  • Isa 47:7-8 : 7 You said, 'I will be a mistress forever,' but you did not take these things to heart or remember their outcome. 8 Now hear this, you pleasure-loving one, sitting securely, who says in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me; I will not sit as a widow, or know the loss of children.'
  • Jer 49:16 : 16 The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.
  • Ezek 28:4-7 : 4 By your wisdom and understanding, you have made wealth for yourself, and you have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries. 5 By your great skill in trading, you have increased your wealth, and your heart has grown proud because of your wealth. 6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have set your heart as if it were the heart of a god, 7 therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.
  • Hos 4:16 : 16 For Israel is as stubborn as a rebellious heifer. Now the LORD will pasture them like a lamb in an open field.
  • Obad 1:4-5 : 4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD. 5 If thieves came to you, if robbers came by night—oh, how you would be ruined!—would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
  • Rev 18:7 : 7 As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and grief, because in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and I will never see grief.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 48:18-19
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    18 Come down from your place of glory and sit in thirst, inhabitant daughter of Dibon, for the one who destroys Moab has attacked you, ruining your fortresses.

    19 Stand by the road and watch, inhabitant of Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, 'What has happened?'

  • 3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn. Wander around by the fences, for their king will go into exile, along with his priests and officials together.

  • 16 The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

  • 57 before your own wickedness was exposed, like the time you were taunted by the daughters of Aram and all her neighbors, and by the daughters of the Philistines, who looked down on you from every side.

  • 13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, declares the LORD. You who say, 'Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?'

  • 3 O my mountain in the field, I will give away your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, along with your high places, because of the sin committed throughout your borders.

  • 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"

  • Lam 1:9-10
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    9 Her uncleanness clings to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. "Look, LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed."

    10 The enemy has laid hands on all her treasures; she saw nations enter her sanctuary—those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.

  • 15 This is the jubilant city that dwelled securely and said in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' How she has become a desolation, a resting place for wild animals! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

  • 15 But you trusted in your beauty and acted like a prostitute because of your fame. You lavished your acts of prostitution on every passerby, willing to be his.

  • 35 Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD.

  • 1 This is an oracle concerning the Valley of Vision: What is wrong with you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops?

  • 8 Now hear this, you pleasure-loving one, sitting securely, who says in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me; I will not sit as a widow, or know the loss of children.'

  • 2 She has fallen, never to rise again—the virgin Israel; she is deserted on her land, with no one to lift her up.

  • 23 How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals’? Consider your path in the valley; acknowledge what you have done—like a swift young she-camel running here and there.

  • 11 On that day, you will not be ashamed of all your deeds by which you rebelled against me. For then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty on my holy mountain.

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    54 In order that you may bear your disgrace and feel ashamed for all you have done, as you console them.

    55 Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, and Samaria and her daughters, will return to their former state, and you and your daughters will return to your former state.

  • 19 These double calamities have come upon you—destruction and devastation, famine and sword. Who will console you?

  • 30 And you, devastated one, what will you do? Though you dress in scarlet, adorn yourself with gold jewelry, and enlarge your eyes with makeup, you beautify yourself in vain. Your lovers reject you; they seek your life.

  • 4 therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the abandoned towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the surrounding nations:

  • 5 Behold, I am bringing terror upon you from all around you, declares the Lord, the LORD of Hosts. You will be driven away, each man fleeing before him, with no one to gather the fugitives.

  • 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.

  • 20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you—the sheep of your glorious care?

  • 1 Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

  • 15 What right does my beloved have in my house, when she has done so many wicked schemes? Can consecrated meat remove your evil? Then you would exult!

  • 11 'Because you rejoice and celebrate, you who plunder my inheritance; because you frolic like a threshing heifer and neigh like stallions,'

  • 19 Prepare your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will become a desolation, a ruin without inhabitants.

  • 16 The LORD says, 'Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, walking with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, taking short, mincing steps, and jingling ornaments on their feet,

  • 3 What will you do on the day of punishment, when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

  • 26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn as for an only son, with bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

  • 21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz! But to you also the cup will pass; you will become drunk and strip yourself naked.

  • 9 You drive the women of my people out of their pleasant homes. You take away my splendor from their children forever.

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    30 ‘How weak is your heart,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘that you do all these things, the actions of a brazen prostitute!

    31 When you built your mounds at the head of every road and made your high places in every street, you were not like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

  • 19 LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! Nations will come to You from the ends of the earth and say, 'Our ancestors inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols that do not profit at all.'

  • 7 Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you too will be captured! Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials together.

  • 22 this is the word the LORD has spoken against him: 'The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head as you flee.

  • 25 How is the city of praise, the city of my joy, not forsaken!

  • 7 Then behold, the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came to meet him.

  • 13 What can I say on your behalf? To what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your wound is as vast as the sea—who can heal you?

  • 10 You felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge have led you astray, and you said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.'

  • 11 But now many nations are gathered against you, saying, 'Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gloat over Zion.'

  • 19 'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.'

  • 15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?'

  • 22 If you ask yourself, ‘Why has this happened to me?’ it is because of your many sins. Your skirts have been torn off, and your heels have been exposed.

  • 19 You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why provoke disaster so that you and Judah will fall?

  • 4 Therefore I said, 'Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of my people.'