23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.


In Context

20 Disaster follows disaster; the whole land lies in ruins. In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment.

21 How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

22 "My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good."

23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.

24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

25 I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away.

Jeremiah 4:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:23I looked to the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:23I beheld the earth, and, see, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.