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Jeremiah 2:30

30  In vain have I vstruck your children;

they took no correction;

wyour own sword devoured your prophets

like a ravening lion.

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Jeremiah 2:30 — The New International Version (NIV)

30 “In vain I punished your people;

they did not respond to correction.

Your sword has devoured your prophets

like a ravenous lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — New Living Translation (NLT)

30 “I have punished your children,

but they did not respond to my discipline.

You yourselves have killed your prophets

as a lion kills its prey.

Jeremiah 2:30 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

30 “In vain I have chastened your children;

They received no correction.

Your sword has devoured your prophets

Like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — New Century Version (NCV)

30 “I punished your people, but it did not help.

They didn’t come back when they were punished.

With your swords you killed your prophets

like a hungry lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — American Standard Version (ASV)

30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

30 In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

30 “I have punished your children without results. 

They didn’t respond to correction. 

You killed my prophets like a raging lion. 

Jeremiah 2:30 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

30 I have struck down your children in vain;

they would not accept discipline.

Your own sword has devoured your prophets

like a ravaging lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

30 In vain I have struck down your children;

they accepted no correction.

Your own sword devoured your prophets

like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

30 “For in vain I have struck your children.

They accepted no discipline.

Your sword devoured your prophets,

like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

30 “I punished your people. But it did not do them any good.

They did not pay attention when they were corrected.

You have killed your prophets with swords.

You have swallowed them up like a hungry lion.

Jeremiah 2:30 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

30 “In vain I have struck your sons;

They accepted no chastening.

Your sword has devoured your prophets

Like a destroying lion.


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