Jeremiah 3:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
Jeremiah 3:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 3:24 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 3:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
Jeremiah 3:24 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 3:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
Jeremiah 3:24 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 3:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.”
Jeremiah 3:24 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 3:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
Jeremiah 3:24 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 3:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For confusion hath deuoured our fathers labour, from our youth their sheepe and their bullocks, their sonnes and their daughters.”
Jeremiah 3:24 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 3:24 in Context — Jeremiah 3
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.
What Does Jeremiah 3:24 Mean?
Jeremiah 3:24 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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