Jeremiah 11:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

Jeremiah 11:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 11:19 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 11:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.””

Jeremiah 11:19 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 11:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

Jeremiah 11:19 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 11:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And I <FI>am<Fi> as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.”

Jeremiah 11:19 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 11:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I was like a tame lamb [that] is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, [saying,] Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

Jeremiah 11:19 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 11:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But I was like a lambe, or a bullocke, that is brought to the slaughter, and I knewe not that they had deuised thus against me, saying, Let vs destroy the tree with the fruite thereof, and cut him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name may be no more in memory.”

Jeremiah 11:19 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 11:19 in Context — Jeremiah 11

17 Pois o SENHOR dos exércitos, que te plantou, pronunciou calamidade contra ti, por causa da maldade da casa de Israel e da casa de Judá, que fizeram entre si mesmos, para me provocarem à ira queimando incenso a Baal.

18 E o SENHOR me fez saber, e conhecer; então tu me fizeste ver suas ações.

19 E eu estava como cordeiro manso, que levam para degolar, pois não entendia que tramavam planos contra mim, dizendo: Destruamos a árvore com seu fruto, e o cortemos da terra dos viventes, e não haja mais lembrança de seu nome.

20 Mas, ó SENHOR dos exércitos, justo juiz, que provas os sentimentos e pensamentos, veja eu tua vingança deles; porque a ti mostrei minha causa.

21 Portanto assim diz o SENHOR quanto aos homens de Anatote, que buscam [matar] tua alma, dizendo: Não profetizes em nome do SENHOR, para que não morras por meio de nossas mãos;

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