16Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — the crown of the head!


In Context

13 For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells — broken wells, That contain not the waters.

14 A servant is Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?

15 Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.

16 Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — the crown of the head!

17 Dost thou not do this to thyself? By thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?

18 And now, what — to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what — to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?

Jeremiah 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Also, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have deflowered thee, even to the crown of the head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Even the children of Noph and Tahapanes have fed on the crown of thy head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Noph and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of your head.