7Although our sins testify against us, O Lord , do something for the sake of your name. For our backsliding is great; we have sinned against you.


In Context

4 The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.

5 Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyesight fails for lack of pasture."

7 Although our sins testify against us, O Lord , do something for the sake of your name. For our backsliding is great; we have sinned against you.

8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?

9 Why are you like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? You are among us, O Lord , and we bear your name; do not forsake us!

Jeremiah 14:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:7If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:7Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many we have sinned against thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O LORD: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name's sake, Yahweh; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:7Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do you it for your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.