8To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.


In Context

5 I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.

6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.

7 Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

8 To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.

10 For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good, says Yahweh: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

Jeremiah 21:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:8"Furthermore, tell the people, 'This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And to this people thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:8And unto this people thou dost say, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:8And to this people you shall say, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.