Jeremiah 8:17

In 11 translations

BSB

“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

KJV

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

WEB

“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says Yahweh.

ASV

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

LSV

For behold, I am sending serpents among you, || Vipers that have no charmer, || And they have bitten you,” || A declaration of YHWH.

YLT

For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

DBY

For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

DRC

For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

GNV

For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall sting you, sayth the Lord.

JPS

For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

LXXE

For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you

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WLC

כִּי֩ הִנְנִ֨י מְשַׁלֵּ֜חַ בָּכֶ֗ם נְחָשִׁים֙ צִפְעֹנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם לָ֑חַשׁ וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּ אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω εἰς ὑμᾶς ὄφεις θανατοῦντας, οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπᾴσαι, καὶ δήξονται ὑμᾶς

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 58:4–5Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears, refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
• Ecclesiastes 10:11If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
• Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
• Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
• Numbers 21:6So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
• Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
• Revelation 9:19For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
• Amos 5:19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

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