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Jeremiah 9:22

22  Speak: “Thus declares the Lord,

w‘The dead bodies of men shall fall

like dung upon the open field,

xlike sheaves after the reaper,

and none shall gather them.’ ”

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Jeremiah 9:22 — The New International Version (NIV)

22 Say, “This is what the Lord declares:

“ ‘Dead bodies will lie

like dung on the open field,

like cut grain behind the reaper,

with no one to gather them.’ ”

Jeremiah 9:22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord,

Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field,

And as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

Jeremiah 9:22 — New Living Translation (NLT)

22 This is what the Lord says:

“Bodies will be scattered across the fields like clumps of manure,

like bundles of grain after the harvest.

No one will be left to bury them.”

Jeremiah 9:22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

22 Speak, “Thus says the Lord:

‘Even the carcasses of men shall fall as refuse on the open field,

Like cuttings after the harvester,

And no one shall gather them.’ ”

Jeremiah 9:22 — New Century Version (NCV)

22 Say, “This is what the Lord says:

‘The dead bodies of people will lie

in the open field like dung.

They will lie like grain a farmer has cut,

but there will be no one to gather them.’ ”

Jeremiah 9:22 — American Standard Version (ASV)

22 Speak, Thus saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather them.

Jeremiah 9:22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

22 Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Yea, the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the reaper, and there shall be none to gather.

Jeremiah 9:22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

22 This is what the Lord says: 

Dead bodies will fall like manure on the field. 

They will be like grain that has been cut but not gathered. 

Jeremiah 9:22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

22 Speak as follows:

This is what the Lord says:

Human corpses will fall

like manure on the surface of the field,

like newly cut grain after the reaper

with no one to gather it.

Jeremiah 9:22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

22 Speak! Thus says the Lord:

“Human corpses shall fall

like dung upon the open field,

like sheaves behind the reaper,

and no one shall gather them.”

Jeremiah 9:22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

22 Speak, ‘thus declares Yahweh:

“The dead body of the human will fall

like dung upon the surface of the field,

and like cut grain behind the reaper,

and there is no one who gathers.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 9:22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

22 Say, “The Lord announces,

“ ‘The dead bodies of men will be like trash

lying in the open fields.

They will lie there like grain

that is cut down at harvest time.

No one will gather them up.’ ”

Jeremiah 9:22 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

22 Speak, “Thus says the Lord,

‘The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field,

And like the sheaf after the reaper,

But no one will gather them.’ ”


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