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


In Context

34 Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third year, For even waters of Nimrim become desolations.

35 And I have caused to cease to Moab, An affirmation of Jehovah, Him who is offering in a high place, And him who is making perfume to his god.

36 Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.

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

38 On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it — is lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.

39 How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:37Every head is shaved and every beard cut off; every hand is slashed and every waist is covered with 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 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.