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Jeremiah 7:31

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31They have built the high places of TophethAf in Ben Hinnom ValleyBg in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire,h a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.

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Footnotes

  1. A of the fireplace
  2. BA valley south of Jerusalem

Cross references

  1. f2Kg 23:10; Jr 19:6,11–14
  2. gJos 15:8; Jr 19:5; 32:35
  3. hLv 18:21; Dt 12:31; 2Kg 17:17,31; 2Ch 28:3; Jr 19:5; Ezk 16:21; 20:31; 23:25,37,47

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.

NLTNew Living Translation

They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they built the high place of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I have not commanded, and it did not come into my mind.

KJV 1900King James Version

And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.