17As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'| says Yahweh.


In Context

14 Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

15 For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:

16 |Tell the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, 'Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.

17 As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'| says Yahweh.

18 |Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.|

19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

Jeremiah 4:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:17They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me,' " declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:17They are set round about her, as keepers of fields: because she hath provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field are they against her round about; for she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field they are against her on all sides; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she has been rebellious against me, said the LORD.