Jeremiah 9:21

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

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19 For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

21 For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

22 Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”

23 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

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Jeremiah 9:21 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
KJV King James Version: For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
WEB World English Bible: For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
ASV American Standard Version: For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.
DBY Darby Translation: For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the broadways.
WBS Webster Bible: For death hath come up into our windows, and hath entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.