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Jeremiah 12:12

12  Upon all the bare heights in the desert

destroyers have come,

for the sword of the Lord devours

from one end of the land to the other;

no flesh has peace.

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Jeremiah 12:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 Over all the barren heights in the desert

destroyers will swarm,

for the sword of the Lord will devour

from one end of the land to the other;

no one will be safe.

Jeremiah 12:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

Jeremiah 12:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 On all the bare hilltops,

destroying armies can be seen.

The sword of the Lord devours people

from one end of the nation to the other.

No one will escape!

Jeremiah 12:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 The plunderers have come

On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,

For the sword of the Lord shall devour

From one end of the land to the other end of the land;

No flesh shall have peace.

Jeremiah 12:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 Many soldiers have marched over those barren hills.

The Lord is using the armies to punish that land

from one end to the other.

No one is safe.

Jeremiah 12:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 Destroyers are come upon all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh hath peace.

Jeremiah 12:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 Spoilers are come upon all heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh hath peace.

Jeremiah 12:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 Looters swarm all over the bare hills in the desert. 

The Lord’s sword destroys them 

from one end of the land to the other. 

No one will be safe. 

Jeremiah 12:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 Over all the barren heights in the wilderness

the destroyers have come,

for the Lord has a sword that devours

from one end of the earth to the other.

No one has peace.

Jeremiah 12:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 Upon all the bare heights in the desert

spoilers have come;

for the sword of the Lord devours

from one end of the land to the other;

no one shall be safe.

Jeremiah 12:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 Upon all the barren heights in the desert destroyers have come,

for the sword of Yahweh devours,

from one end of the land to the other end of the land,

there is no peace for all flesh.

Jeremiah 12:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 Many will come to destroy it.

They will gather on the bare hilltops in the desert.

I will use them as my sword to destroy my people.

They will kill them from one end of the land to the other.

No one will be safe.

Jeremiah 12:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 “On all the bare heights in the wilderness

Destroyers have come,

For a sword of the Lord is devouring

From one end of the land even to the other;

There is no peace for anyone.


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