Jeremiah 24:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.”
Jeremiah 24:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 24:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 24:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.”
Jeremiah 24:2 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 24:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.”
Jeremiah 24:2 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 24:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“In the one basket <FI>are<Fi> figs very good, like the first-ripe figs, and in the other basket <FI>are<Fi> figs very bad, that are not eaten for badness.”
Jeremiah 24:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 24:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“One basket had very good figs, like the figs first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.”
Jeremiah 24:2 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 24:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“One basket had verie good figges, euen like the figges that are first ripe: and the other basket had verie naughtie figges, which could not be eaten, they were so euill.”
Jeremiah 24:2 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 24:2 in Context — Jeremiah 24
1 The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3 Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
4 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
What Does Jeremiah 24:2 Mean?
Jeremiah 24:2 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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