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Jeremiah 2:13

13 “For My people have committed two evils:

They have forsaken Me, the tfountain of living waters,

And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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Jeremiah 2:13 — The New International Version (NIV)

13 “My people have committed two sins:

They have forsaken me,

the spring of living water,

and have dug their own cisterns,

broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — English Standard Version (ESV)

13 for my people have committed two evils:

they have forsaken me,

the fountain of living waters,

and hewed out cisterns for themselves,

broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — New Living Translation (NLT)

13 “For my people have done two evil things:

They have abandoned me—

the fountain of living water.

And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns

that can hold no water at all!

Jeremiah 2:13 — New Century Version (NCV)

13 “My people have done two evils:

They have turned away from me,

the spring of living water.

And they have dug their own wells,

which are broken wells that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — American Standard Version (ASV)

13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

13 “My people have done two things wrong. 

They have abandoned me, 

the fountain of life-giving water. 

They have also dug their own cisterns, 

broken cisterns that can’t hold water. 

Jeremiah 2:13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

13 For My people have committed a double evil:

They have abandoned Me,

the fountain of living water,

and dug cisterns for themselves,

cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

13 for my people have committed two evils:

they have forsaken me,

the fountain of living water,

and dug out cisterns for themselves,

cracked cisterns

that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

13 “For my people have committed two evils:

they have forsaken me, the source of living water,

to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

13 “My people have sinned twice.

They have deserted me,

even though I am the spring of water that gives life.

And they have dug their own wells.

But those wells are broken.

They can’t hold any water.

Jeremiah 2:13 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

13 “For My people have committed two evils:

They have forsaken Me,

The fountain of living waters,

To hew for themselves cisterns,

Broken cisterns

That can hold no water.


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