8And to this people you shall say, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.


In Context

5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

7 And afterward, said the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

8 And to this people you shall say, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

9 He that stays in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.

10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, said the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

Jeremiah 21:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:8"Furthermore, tell the people, 'This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And to this people thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou dost say, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!