Jeremiah 18:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Let a cry{H2201} be heard{H8085} from their houses,{H1004} when thou shalt bring{H935} a troop{H1416} suddenly{H6597} upon them; for they have digged{H3738} a pit{H7745} to take{H3920} me, and hid{H2934} snares{H6341} for my feet.{H7272}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Let a cry{H2201} be heard{H8085}{(H8735)} from their houses{H1004}, when thou shalt bring{H935}{(H8686)} a troop{H1416} suddenly{H6597} upon them: for they have digged{H3738}{(H8804)} a pit{H7745}{(H8675)}{H7882} to take{H3920}{(H8800)} me, and hid{H2934}{(H8804)} snares{H6341} for my feet{H7272}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Let the noyse be herde out of their houses, when the murtherer cometh sodenly vpon them: For they haue digged a pit to take me, and layed snares for my fete.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Let the crye bee heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring an hoste suddenly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feete.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Let the noyse be hearde out of their houses when thou bryngest the murtherer sodaynly vpon them: for they haue digged a pit to take me, and layde snares for my feete.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make lamentation, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.
  • Jer 25:34-36 : 34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape. 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the leaders of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has plundered their pasture.
  • Zeph 1:10-11 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. 11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all those who handle silver are cut off.
  • Zeph 1:16 : 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
  • Ps 56:5-7 : 5 Every day they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In your anger, cast down the peoples, O God.
  • Ps 64:4-5 : 4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?
  • Jer 47:2-3 : 2 Thus says the LORD: Behold, waters rise up out of the north and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land and all that is in it; the city, and those who dwell in it: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail. 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
  • Jer 48:3-5 : 3 A voice of crying shall be heard from Horonaim, plundering and great destruction. 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have set up a cry. 5 For on the ascent of Luhith they will go up with continual weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim, the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
  • Matt 22:15 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle him in his talk.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.
  • Isa 10:30 : 30 Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth.
  • Isa 22:1-4 : 1 The burden of the valley of vision. What troubles you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops? 2 You who are full of commotion, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: your slain men are not killed with the sword, nor dead in battle. 3 All your rulers have fled together, they are captured by the archers: all who are found in you are captured together, who have fled from afar. 4 Therefore I said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, do not labor to comfort me, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  • Jer 4:19-20 : 19 My heart, my heart! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is ruined: suddenly my tents are ruined, and my curtains in a moment.
  • Jer 4:31 : 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor, and the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewails herself, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
  • Jer 9:20-21 : 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation. 21 For death has climbed up into our windows, and has entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be repaid for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, they say, and we will report it. All my familiar friends watched for my faltering, saying, Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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