Jeremiah 9:21
“For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Jeremiah 9:21 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn der Tod ist durch unsere Fenster gestiegen, er ist in unsere Paläste gekommen, um das Kind auszurotten von der Gasse, die Jünglinge von den Straßen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque la muerte ha subido por nuestras ventanas, ha entrado en nuestros palacios; para talar los niños de las calles, los mancebos de las plazas.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque a morte subiu a nossas janelas, e entrou em nossos palácios; para arrancar os meninos das ruas, os rapazes das praças.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
A morte veio por nossas janelas; ela entra nos nossos palácios. Ela destrói crianças de fora, e jovens nas praças da cidade.
📖 Jeremiah 9:21 in Context
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
20Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
21For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
22Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
23Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
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