Jeremiah 4:23
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
In context
21 How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
22 “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
25 I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
Jeremiah 4:23 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
- KJV King James Version
- I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
- WEB World English Bible
- I saw the earth and, behold, it was waste and void, and the heavens, and they had no light.
- ASV American Standard Version
- I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.
- DBY Darby Translation
- I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.
- WBS Webster Bible
- I beheld the earth, and lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.