Jeremiah 2:30

King James Version (KJV)

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

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28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

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Jeremiah 2:30 in every translation

KJV King James Version: In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
WEB World English Bible: “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
ASV American Standard Version: In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.
DBY Darby Translation: In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
WBS Webster Bible: In vain have I smitten your children; they have received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.