Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Look, I'll send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they'll bite you."
New American Standard Bible
Adders, for which there is
And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.
King James Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Holman Bible
poisonous vipers
They will bite you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
A Conservative Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says LORD.
American Standard Version
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.
Darby Translation
For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
For behold me sending serpents, vipers among you, which to them no hissing, and they bit you, says Jehovah.
King James 2000
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For look, I [am] letting loose among you snakes, adders for which there is no incantation, and they will bite you," {declares} Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
For, behold, I will send serpents and adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, I will send Cockatrices and serpents among you which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you," sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
The Lord says, "Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you."
New Heart English Bible
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you," says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
For behold me! sending among you serpents - vipers which there is no charming, - And they shall fatally bite you declareth Yahweh.
Webster
For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
World English Bible
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Longs For Yahweh's Help
16 "The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan. At the neighing of their stallions, the whole earth quakes. They're coming to devour the land and all it contains, the city and all who live in it. 17 Look, I'll send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they'll bite you." 18 Incurable sorrow has overwhelmed me, my heart is sick within me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:24
Emaciated from famine, feverish from plague, and destroyed by bitterness, I'll send fanged beasts against them, along with poisonous snakes that glide through the dust.
Psalm 58:4-5
Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,
Numbers 21:6
In response, the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people to bite them. As a result, many people of Israel died.
Ecclesiastes 10:11
If a serpent strikes despite being charmed, there's no point in being a snake charmer.
Isaiah 14:29
"Don't rejoice, all of you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, because from the snake's root a viper will spring up, and its offspring will be a darting, poisonous serpent.
Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who runs from a lion, only to encounter a bear; or who comes home, leans his hand against a wall, and a serpent bites him!
Amos 9:3
Even if they hide at the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search and seize them. Even if they hide from my sight in the depths of the sea, from there I will order the serpent to strike them.
Revelation 9:19
For the power of these horses is in their mouths and their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes, which they use to inflict pain.