37Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth.


In Context

34 "The sound of their cry rises from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.

35 In Moab I will put an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods," declares the Lord .

36 "So my heart laments for Moab like a flute; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir Hareseth. The wealth they acquired is gone.

37 Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with sackcloth.

38 On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning, for I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants," declares the Lord .

39 "How shattered she is! How they wail! How Moab turns her back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her."

Jeremiah 48:37 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:37For every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands [shall be] cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:37For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:37For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:37For every head is bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins — sackcloth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:37For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.