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Jeremiah 6:21

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.

KJV

Propterea hæc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego dabo in populum istum ruinas : et ruent in eis patres et filii simul ; vicinus et proximus peribunt.

Vulgate

διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δίδωμι ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ἀσθενίαν, καὶ ἀσθενήσουσιν πατέρες καὶ υἱοὶ ἅμα, γείτων καὶ ὁ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἀπολοῦνται.

LXX

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.

ASV

לָ/כֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְ/נִ֥י נֹתֵ֛ן אֶל הָ/עָ֥ם הַ/זֶּ֖ה מִכְשֹׁלִ֑ים וְ/כָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֠/ם אָב֨וֹת וּ/בָנִ֥ים יַחְדָּ֛ו שָׁכֵ֥ן וְ/רֵע֖/וֹ יאבדו וְ/אָבָֽדוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ
ykshlv
verb · 64×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
ם
m
verb · 183×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִכְשׁ֣וֹל
mkshvl
noun · 14×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
נוּ
nv
adjective · 21×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • Ezek 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his si
  • Ezek 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his si
  • Isa 8:14 — And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  • Isa 9:14 — Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
  • Jer 13:14 — And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
  • Jer 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da
  • Rev 2:14 — But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed u