Jeremiah 8:17
World English Bible (WEB)
“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.
In context
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
17 “For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.
18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t the LORD in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?”
Jeremiah 8:17 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- “For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.
- KJV King James Version
- For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.