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Jeremiah 5:17

17  eThey shall eat up your harvest and your food;

they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;

they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;

they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;

your ffortified cities in which you trust

they shall beat down with the sword.”

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Jeremiah 5:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 They will devour your harvests and food,

devour your sons and daughters;

they will devour your flocks and herds,

devour your vines and fig trees.

With the sword they will destroy

the fortified cities in which you trust.

Jeremiah 5:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

Jeremiah 5:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 They will devour the food of your harvest;

they will devour your sons and daughters.

They will devour your flocks and herds;

they will devour your grapes and figs.

And they will destroy your fortified towns,

which you think are so safe.

Jeremiah 5:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread,

Which your sons and daughters should eat.

They shall eat up your flocks and your herds;

They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;

They shall destroy your fortified cities,

In which you trust, with the sword.

Jeremiah 5:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 They will eat your crops and your food.

They will eat your sons and daughters.

They will eat your flocks and herds.

They will eat your grapes and figs.

They will destroy with their swords

the strong, walled cities you trust.

Jeremiah 5:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.

Jeremiah 5:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 And they shall eat up thy harvest and thy bread, they shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters, they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds, they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall destroy with the sword thy strong cities, wherein thou trustedst.

Jeremiah 5:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 They will devour your harvest and your food. 

They will devour your sons and your daughters. 

They will devour your flocks and your cattle. 

They will devour your grapevines and your fig trees. 

With their swords they will destroy 

the fortified cities you trust. 

Jeremiah 5:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 They will consume your harvest and your food.

They will consume your sons and your daughters.

They will consume your flocks and your herds.

They will consume your vines and your fig trees.

They will destroy with the sword

your fortified cities in which you trust.

Jeremiah 5:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 They shall eat up your harvest and your food;

they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;

they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;

they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;

they shall destroy with the sword

your fortified cities in which you trust.

Jeremiah 5:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 And they will eat your harvest and your food,

they will eat your sons and your daughters,

they will eat your flock and your herd,

they will eat your vine and your fig tree,

they will smash with the sword your fortified cities,

in which you trust.

Jeremiah 5:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 They will eat up your crops and your food.

They will strike down your sons and daughters.

They will kill your sheep and cattle.

They will destroy your vines and fig trees.

You trust in your cities that have high walls around them.

But the people in them will be killed with swords.

Jeremiah 5:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 “They will devour your harvest and your food;

They will devour your sons and your daughters;

They will devour your flocks and your herds;

They will devour your vines and your fig trees;

They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust.


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