Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster,
New American Standard Bible
The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times
King James Version
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
International Standard Version
The prophets who came before us from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
A Conservative Version
The prophets who have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
American Standard Version
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Amplified
The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of disaster and of virulent disease.
Bible in Basic English
The prophets, who were before me and before you, from early times gave word to a number of countries and great kingdoms about war and destruction and disease.
Darby Translation
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old, prophesied also concerning many countries and concerning great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Julia Smith Translation
The prophets which were before me and before thee from of old, and they will prophesy to many lands and against great kingdoms, for war and for evil and for death.
King James 2000
The prophets that have been before me and before you of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The prophets who were {before} me and {before} you from ancient [times] prophesied against many countries and against great kingdoms of war, and of disaster, and of plague.
Modern King James verseion
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of plague.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The prophets that were before us in times past, which prophesied of war, or trouble, or pestilence -
NET Bible
From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably prophesied war, disaster, and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms.
New Heart English Bible
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
The Emphasized Bible
The prophets who were before me and before thee, from age-past times when they prophesied against many lands and concerning great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence,
Webster
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
World English Bible
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Youngs Literal Translation
The prophets who have been before me, and before thee, from of old, even they prophesy concerning many lands, and concerning great kingdoms, of battle, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Themes
Plagues » Often followed war and famine
Prophecy and prophets » How to spot a true prophet and a false prophet
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 28:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hananiah, The False Prophet
7
Only listen to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
8 The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster,
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah
Amos 1:2
He said:
and raises His voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the summit of Carmel
Leviticus 26:14-46
“But if you do not obey Me and observe all these commands—
Deuteronomy 4:26-27
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish
Deuteronomy 28:15-68
“But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all His commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:
Deuteronomy 29:18-28
Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.
Deuteronomy 31:16-17
The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon commit adultery with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon Me and break the covenant
Deuteronomy 32:15-44
you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
1 Samuel 2:27-32
A man of God came to Eli and said to him,
1 Samuel 3:11-14
The Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel that everyone who hears about it will shudder.
1 Kings 14:7-15
Go tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I raised you up from among the people, appointed you ruler over My people Israel,
1 Kings 21:18-24
“Get up and go to meet Ahab king of Israel,
1 Kings 22:8
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can ask Yahweh, but I hate him
“The king shouldn’t say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
Isaiah 5:1-8
a song about my loved one’s vineyard:
The one I love had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
Isaiah 6:9-12
And He replied:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.
Isaiah 13:18
They will have no compassion on little ones;
they will not look with pity on children.
Isaiah 24:1-23
and making it desolate.
He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:
Joel 1:2-20
listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
or in the days of your ancestors?
Joel 3:1-11
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
Micah 3:8-12
by the Spirit of the Lord,
with justice and courage,
to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion
and to Israel his sin.
Nahum 1:1-3
The oracle concerning Nineveh.