Jeremiah 11:19
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Jeremiah 11:19 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und ich war wie ein zahmes Lamm, das zum Schlachten geführt wird; und ich wußte nicht, daß sie Anschläge wider mich ersannen: "Laßt uns den Baum mit seiner Frucht verderben und ihn aus dem Lande der Lebendigen ausrotten, daß seines Namens nicht mehr gedacht werde!"
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y yo como cordero inocente que llevan á degollar, pues no entendía que maquinaban contra mí designios, diciendo: Destruyamos el árbol con su fruto, y cortémoslo de la tierra de los vivientes, y no haya más memoria de su nombre.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
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.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu estava como um cordeiro manso indo para um abatedouro. Eu não sabia que eles tinham feito planos contra mim: "Vamos destruir a árvore com os seus frutos! Vamos cortá-la da terra dos viventes; assim, o nome dela não será mais lembrado".
📖 Jeremiah 11:19 in Context
17For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
18And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
19But 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.
20But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
21Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:
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