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Jeremiah 4:20

20  eCrash follows hard on crash;

the whole land is laid waste.

fSuddenly my tents are laid waste,

my curtains in a moment.

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Jeremiah 4:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 Disaster follows disaster;

the whole land lies in ruins.

In an instant my tents are destroyed,

my shelter in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled:

Suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 Waves of destruction roll over the land,

until it lies in complete desolation.

Suddenly my tents are destroyed;

in a moment my shelters are crushed.

Jeremiah 4:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 Destruction upon destruction is cried,

For the whole land is plundered.

Suddenly my tents are plundered,

And my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 Disaster follows disaster;

the whole country has been destroyed.

My tents are destroyed in only a moment.

My curtains are torn down quickly.

Jeremiah 4:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 One disaster follows another. 

The whole land is ruined. 

My tents are suddenly destroyed. 

Their curtains are torn in an instant. 

Jeremiah 4:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 Disaster after disaster is reported

because the whole land is destroyed.

Suddenly my tents are destroyed,

my tent curtains, in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 Disaster overtakes disaster,

the whole land is laid waste.

Suddenly my tents are destroyed,

my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 Destruction on destruction is proclaimed,

for all of the land is devastated.

Suddenly my tents are devastated,

my tent curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 One trouble follows another.

The whole land is destroyed.

In an instant my tents are gone.

My home disappears in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 Disaster on disaster is proclaimed,

For the whole land is devastated;

Suddenly my tents are devastated,

My curtains in an instant.


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