17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.


In Context

14 Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

15 Looking for peace — and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.

16 From Dan hath been heard the snorting of his horses, From the voice of the neighings of his mighty ones, Trembled hath all the land, And they come in and consume the land and its fulness, The city and the inhabitants in it.

17 For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

18 My refreshing for me is sorrow, For me my heart is sick.

19 Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner?

Jeremiah 8:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:17"See, I will send venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you," declares the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:17For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no charm: and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, said the LORD.