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Jeremiah 8:17

17 For look, I am letting loose among you snakes,

adders for which there is no incantation,

and they will bite you,” declaresm Yahweh.

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Jeremiah 8:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 “See, I will send venomous snakes among you,

vipers that cannot be charmed,

and they will bite you,”

declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 For behold, I am sending among you serpents,

adders that cannot be charmed,

and they shall bite you,”

declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 I will send these enemy troops among you

like poisonous snakes you cannot charm.

They will bite you, and you will die.

I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Jeremiah 8:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 “For behold, I will send serpents among you,

Vipers which cannot be charmed,

And they shall bite you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 “Look! I am sending poisonous snakes to attack you.

These snakes cannot be charmed,

and they will bite you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 8:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 8:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 “I am going to send snakes among you, 

vipers that can’t be charmed. 

They will bite you,” declares the Lord

Jeremiah 8:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 Indeed, I am about to send snakes among you,

poisonous vipers that cannot be charmed.

They will bite you.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 8:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 See, I am letting snakes loose among you,

adders that cannot be charmed,

and they shall bite you,

says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 “People of Judah, I will send poisonous snakes among you.

No one will be able to charm them.

And they will bite you,”

announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 “For behold, I am sending serpents against you,

Adders, for which there is no charm,

And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.


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