Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”
because the word of the Lord has become for me
constant disgrace and derision.
New American Standard Bible
I
Because for me the
In reproach and derision all day long.
King James Version
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
International Standard Version
Indeed, as often as I speak, I cry out, and shout, "Violence and destruction!" For this message from the LORD has caused me constant reproach and derision.
A Conservative Version
For as often as I speak, I cry out. I cry, Violence and destruction! Because the word of LORD is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.
American Standard Version
For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.
Amplified
For whenever I speak, I must shout out;
I shout violence and destruction,
Because the word of the Lord has become to me
A reprimand and a mockery and has brought me insult all day long.
Bible in Basic English
For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.
Darby Translation
For as oft as I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and spoil; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day.
Julia Smith Translation
For as often as I shall speak I shall cry; violence and oppression I shall call; for the word of Jehovah was to me for a reproach and for a derision all the day.
King James 2000
For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and plunder; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For {as often as} I speak, I must cry out violence and destruction. I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me a disgrace and derision all day [long].
Modern King James verseion
For whenever I speak, I cry out, I cry violence and ruin; for the Word of Jehovah has been a reproach and a cause of mocking to me all day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
because I have now preached long against malicious Tyranny, and showed them of destruction. For the which cause they cast the word of the LORD in my teeth, and take me ever to the worst.
NET Bible
For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, "Violence and destruction are coming!" This message from the Lord has made me an object of continual insults and derision.
New Heart English Bible
For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, "Violence and destruction." because the word of the LORD is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.
The Emphasized Bible
For, as often as I speak, I make outcry, Violence and wasting, I proclaim, - Yea the word of Yahweh hath become to me a reproach and derision lull the day
Webster
For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily.
World English Bible
For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Yahweh is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.
Youngs Literal Translation
Because from the time I speak I cry out, 'Violence and destruction,' I cry, For the word of Jehovah hath been to me For reproach and for derision all the day.
Themes
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Message despised » Of the word of God
Topics
Interlinear
Za`aq
Chamac
Dabar
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 20:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament
7
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all the time;
everyone ridicules me.
I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”
because the word of the Lord has become for me
constant disgrace and derision.
or speak any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,
and I cannot prevail.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:10
that they will listen?
Look, their ear is uncircumcised,
so they cannot pay attention.
See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them—
they find no pleasure in it.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers,
Jeremiah 4:19-22
Oh, the pain in
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.
Jeremiah 5:1
Look and take note;
search in her squares.
If you find one person,
any who acts justly,
who seeks to be faithful,
then I will forgive her.
Jeremiah 5:6
A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them.
A leopard
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,
their unfaithful deeds numerous.
Jeremiah 5:15-17
from far away against you,
house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is an established nation,
an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know
and whose speech you do not understand.
Jeremiah 6:6-7
For this is what the Lord of Hosts says:
raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished.
There is nothing but oppression within her.
Jeremiah 7:9
“Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?
Jeremiah 13:13-14
And you will say to them: This is what the Lord says: I am about to fill all who live in this land—the kings who reign for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the residents of Jerusalem—with drunkenness.
Jeremiah 15:1-4
Then the Lord said to me: “Even if
Jeremiah 15:13-14
and your treasures as plunder,
without cost,
in all your borders.
Jeremiah 17:27
If you do not listen to Me to consecrate the Sabbath day by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, I will set fire to its gates,
Jeremiah 18:16-17
a perpetual object of scorn;
everyone who passes by it will be horrified
and shake his head.
Jeremiah 19:7-11
I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who want to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
Jeremiah 20:7
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all the time;
everyone ridicules me.
Jeremiah 28:8
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster,
Lamentations 3:61-63
שׂ Sin/ שׁ Shin
all their plots against me.
Luke 11:45
One of the experts in the law
Hebrews 11:26
For he considered the reproach because of the Messiah to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since his attention was on the reward.
Hebrews 13:13
Let us then go to Him outside the camp, bearing His disgrace.
1 Peter 4:14
If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ,