Jeremiah 3:24
King James Version (KJV)
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
In context
22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah 3:24 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
- WEB World English Bible
- But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.