Jeremiah 8:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Moreover you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD; Shall they fall and not rise? Shall he turn away and not return?

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    You shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do people fall and not get up? If they turn away, do they not return?’

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover thou shalt say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Shall men fall,{H5307} and not rise{H6965} up again? Shall one turn away,{H7725} and not return?{H7725}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Shall they fall{H5307}{(H8799)}, and not arise{H6965}{(H8799)}? shall he turn away{H7725}{(H8799)}, and not return{H7725}{(H8799)}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    This shalt thou saye vnto them also: Thus saieth the LORDE: Do men fall so, that they arise not vp agayne: And turne they so farre awaye, yt they neuer conuerte?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thou shalt say vnto them also, Thus sayeth the Lorde, Shall they fall and not arise? shall he turne away and not turne againe?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thus shalt thou say vnto them also: Thus saith the Lorde, Do men fall so, that they arise not vp againe? or if Israel repent, wyll not God turne againe to them?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Further, you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Will those who are falling not be lifted up again? will he who has gone away not come back?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Willful Disregard of God Will Lead to Destruction The LORD said to me,“Tell them,‘The LORD says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 24:16 : 16 For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.
  • Hos 7:10 : 10 And the pride of Israel bears witness to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
  • Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.
  • Amos 5:2 : 2 The virgin of Israel has fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
  • 1 Kgs 8:38 : 38 Whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
  • Isa 44:22 : 22 I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, like a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 3:1 : 1 They say, If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, shall he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.
  • Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
  • Jer 4:1 : 1 If you will return, O Israel, says the LORD, return to me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then you shall not be moved.
  • Jer 23:14 : 14 I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They are all to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.
  • Jer 36:3 : 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster I intend to do to them; that every man may turn from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
  • Ezek 18:23 : 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD, and not that he should return from his ways and live?

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