Jeremiah 9:12
“Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Jeremiah 9:12 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Wer ist der weise Mann, daß er dieses verstehe, und zu wem hat der Mund Jehovas geredet, daß er es kundtue, warum das Land zu Grunde geht und verbrannt wird gleich der Wüste, so daß niemand hindurchzieht?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
¿Quién es varón sabio que entienda esto? ¿y á quién habló la boca de Jehová, para que pueda declararlo? ¿Por qué causa la tierra ha perecido, ha sido asolada como desierto, que no hay quien pase?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Quem é homem sábio, que entenda isto? E a quem falou a boca do SENHOR, para que possa anunciá-lo? Por que razão a terra pereceu, queimada como deserto, de modo que não há quem nela passe?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Que homem é sábio o suficiente para entender isso? O que a boca de Yahweh proclama para ele, e ele a declarará? Por que a terra pereceu, e está destruída como o deserto, por onde ninguém pode passar?
📖 Jeremiah 9:12 in Context
10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
11And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
13And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
14But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
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