Jeremiah 8:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

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Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

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Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Jer 14:19 : 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Mic 1:12 : 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Jer 4:10 : 10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Jer 8:11 : 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Jer 14:19-20
2 verses
82%
19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Ezek 7:25
77%
25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
Jer 8:11
77%
11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jer 8:14
77%
14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
2 Chr 15:5-6
2 verses
76%
5And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
6And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
Isa 59:8-11
4 verses
76%
8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Jer 6:14
75%
14They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jer 30:5
74%
5For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Lam 4:17-18
2 verses
74%
17As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
Dan 9:13-14
2 verses
73%
13As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
14Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
Isa 8:21-22
2 verses
73%
21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Job 30:26
73%
26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
2 Chr 29:8
72%
8Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
Jer 6:24-25
2 verses
72%
24We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
Hab 3:16
72%
16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Lam 3:47
72%
47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Jer 8:20
72%
20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Isa 33:7
72%
7Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
Isa 17:14
72%
14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Isa 33:2
71%
2O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Jer 17:15
71%
15Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
Lam 5:5
71%
5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
Jer 8:16
71%
16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Jer 4:8
71%
8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Mic 1:12
71%
12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Jer 9:19
71%
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Lam 5:15-16
2 verses
71%
15The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Jer 8:18
70%
18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Jer 4:10
70%
10Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Lam 1:20
70%
20Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Isa 48:22
70%
22There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Ps 144:14
70%
14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
Isa 24:16
70%
16From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
Lam 5:8
70%
8Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
Job 3:26
70%
26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Jer 25:37
70%
37And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Isa 28:15
70%
15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Jer 16:10
70%
10And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
Zech 8:10
70%
10For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
Jer 4:21
70%
21How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?