16The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head.


In Context

13 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

14 Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become prey?

15 The lions have roared upon him, and have made a noise, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt down and there is none to dwell in them.

16 The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head.

17 Hath not this been done to thee, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God at that time, when he led thee by the way?

18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?

Jeremiah 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — the crown of the head!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of your head.