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Lamentation for Judah

Jeremiah 4:24

In 11 translations

BSB
I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
KJV
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
WEB
I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
ASV
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
LSV
I have looked [to] the mountains, || And behold, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly.
YLT
I have looked [to] the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly.
DBY
I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently.
DRC
I looked upon the mountains, and behold they trembled: and all the hills were troubled.
GNV
I behelde the mountaines: and loe, they trembled and all the hilles shooke.
JPS
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
LXXE
I beheld the mountains, and they trembled, and I saw all the hills in commotion.

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Original-language editions

WLC
רָאִ֨יתִי֙ הֶֽהָרִ֔ים וְהִנֵּ֖ה רֹעֲשִׁ֑ים וְכָל־הַגְּבָע֖וֹת הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃
LXX-Br
Εἶδον τὰ ὄρη, καὶ ἦν τρέμοντα, καὶ πάντας τοὺς βουνοὺς ταρασσομένους.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 38:20The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down,…
  • Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
  • Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not…
  • Nahum 1:5–6The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers. Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out…
  • Psalms 97:4His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
  • Micah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
  • 1 Kings 19:11Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD…
  • Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
  • Psalms 114:4–7the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs? Tremble, O earth, at the presence…
  • Judges 5:4–5O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water. The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai,…
  • Jeremiah 8:16The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
  • Psalms 77:18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
  • Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
  • Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

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