Jeremiah 34:16
“But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Jeremiah 34:16 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
aber ihr habt euch wieder umgewandt und meinen Namen entweiht, und habt ein jeder seinen Knecht und ein jeder seine Magd wiederkommen lassen, die ihr nach ihrem Belieben frei entlassen hattet; und ihr habt sie unterjocht, daß sie euch zu Knechten und zu Mägden seien.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Pero os habéis vuelto y profanado mi nombre, y habéis tornado á tomar cada uno su siervo y cada uno su sierva, que habíais dejado libres á su voluntad; y los habéis sujetado á seros siervos y siervas.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porém mudastes de ideia e profanastes o meu nome, e trouxestes de volta cada um a seu servo e cada um sua serva, os quais já havíeis libertado à vontade deles; e os sujeitastes para que sejam vossos servos e servas.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Mas profanastes Meu nome e voltastes atrás; fizestes cada homem trazer de volta seu escravo, homem e mulher, os que mandaram embora, para irem onde desejassem. Vós os forçastes a vos servirem novamente."
📖 Jeremiah 34:16 in Context
14At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
15And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
16But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
17Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
18And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
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