17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.


In Context

14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.

16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trump, the alarm of war.

Jeremiah 4:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:17They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me,' " declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:17They are set round about her, as keepers of fields: because she hath provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field are they against her round about; for she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field they are against her on all sides; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'| says Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she has been rebellious against me, said the LORD.