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Jeremiah 2:30
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KJ21
“In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.
ASV
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
AMP
“In vain I have punished your people [with the consequences of their disobedience]; They received no insight from correction [and refused to change]. Your [own] sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
AMPC
In vain have I stricken your children (your people); they received no discipline (no correction). Your own sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.
BRG
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
CSB
I have struck down your children in vain; they would not accept discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.
CSBA
I have struck down your children in vain; they would not accept discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.
CEB
I have disciplined your children in vain; they have rejected my correction. You have devoured your prophets like a hungry lion.
CJB
“In vain have I struck down your people. They would not receive correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a marauding lion.
CEV
I tried punishing you, but you refused to come back to me, and like fierce lions you killed my prophets.
DARBY
In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
DRA
In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion.
ERV
“I punished you people of Judah, but it did not help. You did not come back when you were punished. With your swords you killed the prophets who came to you. Like a dangerous lion, you killed the prophets.”
EASY
‘When I punished your people, they did not change how they lived. When I sent my prophets to you, you killed them as if you were a hungry lion.’
EHV
I punished your people in vain. They did not respond to correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a raging lion.
ESV
In vain have I struck your children; they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
ESVUK
In vain have I struck your children; they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
EXB
“I ·punished [L struck] your ·people [L children], ·but it did not help [L in vain]. They didn’t ·come back when they were punished [L accept instruction/discipline]. With your swords you ·killed [devoured] your prophets like a ·hungry [ravenous] lion [Ps. 7:2; 10:9; Is. 5:29].
GNV
I have smitten your children in vain, they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your Prophets like a destroying lion.
GW
“I have punished your children without results. They didn’t respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion.
GNT
I punished you, but it did no good; you would not let me correct you. Like a raging lion, you have murdered your prophets.
HCSB
I have struck down your children in vain; they would not accept discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.
ICB
“I punished your people, but it did not help. They didn’t come back when they were punished. You killed with your swords the prophets who came to you. You were like a dangerous lion.
ISV
“I’ve punished your children with no results, they have accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.”
JUB
I have smitten your children in vain; they have received no correction; your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
KJV
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
AKJV
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
LSB
“In vain I have struck your sons; They received no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
LEB
“For in vain I have struck your children. They accepted no discipline. Your sword devoured your prophets, like a ravening lion.
TLB
I have punished your children, but it did them no good; they still will not obey. And you yourselves have killed my prophets as a lion kills its prey.
MSG
“What do you have against me, running off to assert your ‘independence’?” God’s Decree. “I’ve wasted my time trying to train your children. They’ve paid no attention to me, ignored my discipline. And you’ve gotten rid of your God-messengers, treating them like dirt and sweeping them away.
MEV
In vain I have smitten your children; they received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.
NOG
“I have punished your children without results. They didn’t respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion.
NABRE
In vain I struck your children; correction they did not take. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
NASB
“In vain I have struck your sons; They did not accept discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
NASB1995
“In vain I have struck your sons; They accepted no chastening. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
NCB
In vain I struck down your children, but they refused to accept my correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
NCV
“I punished your people, but it did not help. They didn’t come back when they were punished. With your swords you killed your prophets like a hungry lion.
NET
“It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion.
NIRV
“I punished your people. But it did not do them any good. They did not pay attention when they were corrected. You have killed your prophets by swords. You have swallowed them up like a hungry lion.
NIV
“In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.
NIVUK
‘In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.
NKJV
“In vain I have chastened your children; They received no correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
NLV
“I have punished your children for nothing, for they would not learn from it. Your sword has destroyed your men of God like a destroying lion.
NLT
“I have punished your children, but they did not respond to my discipline. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.
NRSVA
In vain I have struck down your children; they accepted no correction. Your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
NRSVACE
In vain I have struck down your children; they accepted no correction. Your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
NRSVCE
In vain I have struck down your children; they accepted no correction. Your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
NRSVUE
In vain I have struck down your children; they accepted no correction. Your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
OJB
In vain have I struck your banim; they received no musar [cf Isa 53:5]; your own cherev hath devoured your nevi’im, like a destroying lion.
RGT
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your Prophets like a destroying lion.
RSV
In vain have I smitten your children, they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
RSVCE
In vain have I smitten your children, they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
TLV
“In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.”
VOICE
I tried to discipline your sons, but it didn’t work; they wouldn’t listen. You destroyed the prophets I sent to speak truth to you. You devoured them as a lion does his prey.
WEB
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
WYC
In vain I smote your sons, they received not chastising; your sword devoured your prophets, your generation is destroyed as a lion. (In vain I struck down your sons and daughters, for they would not receive their discipline, or their correction; your own sword devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.)
YLT
In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.
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