8My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She roars at me; therefore I hate her.


In Context

5 "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?

6 Your brothers, your own family- even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

7 "I will forsake my house, abandon my inheritance; I will give the one I love into the hands of her enemies.

8 My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She roars at me; therefore I hate her.

9 Has not my inheritance become to me like a speckled bird of prey that other birds of prey surround and attack? Go and gather all the wild beasts; bring them to devour.

10 Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard and trample down my field; they will turn my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

Jeremiah 12:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:8My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:8My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:8Mine heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8My heritage is to me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8My heritage is to me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against me: therefore have I hated it.