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


In Context

14 Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?

15 For a voice is declaring from Dan, And sounding sorrow from mount Ephraim.

16 Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: 'Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice.

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

18 Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This is thy vexation, for it is bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at the walls of my heart, Make a noise for me doth My heart, I am not silent, For the voice of a trumpet I have heard, O my soul — a shout of battle!

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'| says Yahweh.

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.