Jeremiah 17:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen, engraved with a diamond point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The sin{H2403} of Judah{H3063} is written{H3789} with a pen{H5842} of iron,{H1270} [and] with the point{H6856} of a diamond:{H8068} it is graven{H2790} upon the tablet{H3871} of their heart,{H3820} and upon the horns{H7161} of your altars;{H4196}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The sin{H2403} of Judah{H3063} is written{H3789}{(H8803)} with a pen{H5842} of iron{H1270}, and with the point{H6856} of a diamond{H8068}: it is graven{H2790}{(H8803)} upon the table{H3871} of their heart{H3820}, and upon the horns{H7161} of your altars{H4196};

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Youre synne (o ye off the trybe of Iuda) is writte in the table of yor hertes, & graue so vpon the edges of yor aulters wt a penne of yron & with an Adamat clawe:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The sinne of Iudah is written with a pen of yron, and with the poynt of a diamonde, and grauen vpon the table of their heart, and vpon the hornes of your altars.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Your sinne O ye of the tribe of Iuda is written in the table of your heartes, and grauen so vpon the edges of your aulters with a penne of iron, and with an Adamant clawe:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, `and' with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The sin of Judah is engraved with an iron chisel on their stone-hard hearts. It is inscribed with a diamond point on the horns of their altars.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:3 : 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart:
  • 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 Forasmuch as you are clearly shown to be the letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of the heart.
  • Prov 7:3 : 3 Bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
  • Hos 12:11 : 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are vanity; they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
  • Lev 4:17-18 : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the veil. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of meeting, and shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
  • Lev 4:25 : 25 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
  • Job 19:23-24 : 23 Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! 24 That they were engraved with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever!

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