17For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.


In Context

14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced city, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and hath given us water of gall to drink: for we have sinned against the Lord.

15 We looked for peace and no good came: for a time of healing, and behold fear.

16 The snorting of his horse was heard from Dan, all the land was moved at the sound of the neighing of his warriors: and they came and devoured the land, and all that was in it: the city and its inhabitants.

17 For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

18 My sorrow is above sorrow, my heart mourneth within me.

19 Behold the voice of the daughter my people from a far country: Is not the Lord in Sion, or is not her king in her? why then have they provoked me to wrath with their idols, and strange vanities?

Jeremiah 8:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:17"See, I will send venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you," declares the Lord .

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, said the LORD.