21For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.


In Context

18 And they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.

19 For — a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How have we been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our tabernacles.

20 But hear, ye women, a word of Jehovah, And your ear receiveth a word of His mouth, And teach ye your daughters wailing, and each her neighbour lamentation.

21 For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.

22 Speak thus — an affirmation of Jehovah, And fallen hath the carcase of man, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.

23 Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

Jeremiah 9:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:21For death is come up into our windows, [and] is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:21Death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses; it has cut off the children from the streets and the young men from the public squares.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:21For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without, the young men from the streets.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:21For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the broadways.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:21For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21For death hath come up into our windows, and hath entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:21For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, [and] the young men from the streets.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:21For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.