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Jeremiah 4:30

30 “And when you are plundered,

What will you do?

Though you clothe yourself with crimson,

Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,

oThough you enlarge your eyes with paint,

In vain you will make yourself fair;

pYour lovers will despise you;

They will seek your life.

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Jeremiah 4:30 — The New International Version (NIV)

30 What are you doing, you devastated one?

Why dress yourself in scarlet

and put on jewels of gold?

Why highlight your eyes with makeup?

You adorn yourself in vain.

Your lovers despise you;

they want to kill you.

Jeremiah 4:30 — English Standard Version (ESV)

30 And you, O desolate one,

what do you mean that you dress in scarlet,

that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,

that you enlarge your eyes with paint?

In vain you beautify yourself.

Your lovers despise you;

they seek your life.

Jeremiah 4:30 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do?

Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold,

Though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair;

Thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

Jeremiah 4:30 — New Living Translation (NLT)

30 What are you doing,

you who have been plundered?

Why do you dress up in beautiful clothing

and put on gold jewelry?

Why do you brighten your eyes with mascara?

Your primping will do you no good!

The allies who were your lovers

despise you and seek to kill you.

Jeremiah 4:30 — New Century Version (NCV)

30 Judah, you destroyed nation, what are you doing?

Why do you put on your finest dress

and decorate yourself with gold jewelry?

Why do you put color around your eyes?

You make yourself beautiful, but it is all useless.

Your lovers hate you;

they want to kill you.

Jeremiah 4:30 — American Standard Version (ASV)

30 And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

Jeremiah 4:30 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

30 —And thou, wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair: thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

Jeremiah 4:30 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

30 You are going to be destroyed! 

What are you going to do? 

Why do you dress in red and put on gold jewelry? 

Why do you wear eye shadow? 

You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. 

Your lovers reject you; they want to kill you. 

Jeremiah 4:30 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

30 And you, devastated one, what are you doing

that you dress yourself in scarlet,

that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,

that you enlarge your eyes with paint?

You beautify yourself for nothing.

Your lovers reject you;

they want to take your life.

Jeremiah 4:30 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

30 And you, O desolate one,

what do you mean that you dress in crimson,

that you deck yourself with ornaments of gold,

that you enlarge your eyes with paint?

In vain you beautify yourself.

Your lovers despise you;

they seek your life.

Jeremiah 4:30 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

30 And you, O devastated one, what do you do,

that you put on crimson,

that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,

that you make your eyes look bigger with the eye make-up?

In vain you beautify yourself.

Your lovers reject you;

they seek your life.

Jeremiah 4:30 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

30 What are you doing, you who are destroyed?

Why do you dress yourself in bright red clothes?

Why do you put on jewels of gold?

Why do you put makeup on your eyes?

You make yourself beautiful for no reason at all.

Your lovers hate you.

They are trying to kill you.

Jeremiah 4:30 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

30 And you, O desolate one, what will you do?

Although you dress in scarlet,

Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,

Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,

In vain you make yourself beautiful.

Your lovers despise you;

They seek your life.


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