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


In Context

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

15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold dismay!

16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.

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

18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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