Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I have not gone after the
Look at your way in the
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel
King James Version
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Holman Bible
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,
International Standard Version
"How can you say, "I'm not defiled. I haven't gone after the Baals.'? Look at what you've done in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift young camel galloping aimlessly;
A Conservative Version
How can thou say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baalim? See thy way in the valley. Know what thou have done, a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
American Standard Version
How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Amplified
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,
I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’?
Look at your way in the valley;
Know [without any doubt] what you have done!
You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,
Bible in Basic English
How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;
Darby Translation
How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done a swift dromedary traversing her ways!
Julia Smith Translation
How wilt thou say, I was not defiled? I went not after the Baalims? See thy way in the valley, know what thou didst; a young she camel entangling her ways;
King James 2000
How can you say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"How can you say, 'I have not defiled myself, I have not gone after the Baals?' Look at your way in the valley, know what you have done. [You are] a young she-camel, interweaving her ways.
Modern King James verseion
How can you say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baals? See your way in the valley, know what you have done! You are a swift camel crossing its ways;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Say not now, 'I am not unclean, and I have not followed Baal.' Look upon thy own ways in the woods, valleys and dens: so shalt thou know, what thou hast done. Thou art like a swift Dromedary that goeth easily his way:
NET Bible
"How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
New Heart English Bible
"How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
The Emphasized Bible
How canst thou say, I have not defiled myself, After the Baalim, have I not gone? See thy way, in the valley, Own what thou hast done, - A nimble young she-camel, crossing her own ways;
Webster
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
World English Bible
"How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. [You are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Youngs Literal Translation
How sayest thou, 'I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,
Themes
Animals » Names of » Dromedaries, used as beasts if burden
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Israel in their love of idols
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Jeremiah expostulates against the worship of
Camels » The dromedary a species of, remarkable for swiftness
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Consequences Of Apostasy
22
And
The
I have not gone after the
Look at your way in the
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel
That sniffs the wind in her passion.
In the time of her
All who seek her will not become weary;
In her month they will find her.
Cross References
Jeremiah 7:31
They have
Proverbs 30:12
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
Genesis 3:12-13
1 Samuel 15:13-14
Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “
Esther 8:16
For the Jews there was
Psalm 36:2
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.
Psalm 50:21
You thought that I was just like you;
I will
Proverbs 28:13
But he who
Proverbs 30:20
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wrong.”
Isaiah 57:5-6
Who
Under the clefts of the crags?
Jeremiah 2:33-35
To seek love!
Therefore even
You have taught your ways.
Jeremiah 3:2
Where have you not been violated?
By the roads you have
Like an Arab in the desert,
And you have
With your harlotry and with your wickedness.
Jeremiah 9:14
but have
Jeremiah 31:22
O
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman will encompass a man.”
Ezekiel 16:1-63
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 23:1-49
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
Luke 10:29
But wishing
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the
1 John 1:8-10
Revelation 3:17-18