Jeremiah 26:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon its inhabitants; for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But you should certainly know that if you put me to death, you are bringing innocent blood upon yourselves, this city, and its inhabitants, for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Only know{H3045} ye for certain{H3045} that, if ye put me to death,{H4191} ye will bring{H5414} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} upon yourselves, and upon this city,{H5892} and upon the inhabitants{H3427} thereof; for of a truth{H571} Jehovah{H3068} hath sent{H7971} me unto you to speak{H1696} all these words{H1697} in your ears.{H241}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But know{H3045}{(H8799)} ye for certain{H3045}{(H8800)}, that if ye put me to death{H4191}{(H8688)}, ye shall surely bring{H5414}{(H8802)} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} upon yourselves, and upon this city{H5892}, and upon the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof: for of a truth{H571} the LORD{H3068} hath sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me unto you to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} all these words{H1697} in your ears{H241}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But this shall ye knowe: yf ye put me to death, ye shal make youre selues, this cite & all the inhabitours there of, giltie of innocent bloude. For this is of a treuth: that the LORDE hath sente me vnto you, to speake all these wordes in youre eares.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But knowe ye for certaine, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood vpon your selues, and vpon this citie, and vpon the inhabitants thereof: for of a trueth the Lord hath sent me vnto you, to speake all these words in your eares.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But this shall ye knowe yf ye put me to death, ye shall make your selues, this citie, and all the inhabitours therof giltie of innocent blood: For this is of a trueth, that the Lorde hath sent me vnto you, to speake all these wordes in your eares.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on the inhabitants of it; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Only, know ye certainly, that if ye are putting me to death, surely innocent blood ye are putting on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly hath Jehovah sent me unto you to speak in your ears all these words.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Only be certain that, if you put me to death, you will make yourselves and your town and its people responsible for the blood of one who has done no wrong: for truly, the Lord has sent me to you to say all these words in your ears.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the LORD has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!”

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 7:6 : 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm;
  • Num 35:33 : 33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
  • Jer 2:34 : 34 Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
  • Deut 19:10 : 10 That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
  • Gen 42:22 : 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not listen? therefore, behold, his blood is now required.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus says the LORD; Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
  • Matt 23:30-36 : 30 and say, If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by stealth, and kill him.
  • Matt 26:25 : 25 Then Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said to him, You have said it.
  • Acts 7:60 : 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

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