Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
KJV
Quia ecce ego mittam vobis serpentes regulos, quibus non est incantatio : et mordebunt vos, ait Dominus.
Vulgate
διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω εἰς ὑμᾶς ὄφεις θανατοῦντας, οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπᾷσαι, καὶ δήξονται ὑμᾶς
LXX
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
ASV
כִּי֩ הִנְ/נִ֨י מְשַׁלֵּ֜חַ בָּ/כֶ֗ם נְחָשִׁים֙ צִפְעֹנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין לָ/הֶ֖ם לָ֑חַשׁ וְ/נִשְּׁכ֥וּ אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
verb · 16×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לָ֑חַשׁ
lchsh
noun · 5×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נָּחָ֖שׁ
nchsh
noun · 31×
צִפְעוֹנִ֔י
tsp'vny
noun · 5×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 32:24 — They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
- Eccl 10:11 — Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
- Eccl 10:11 — Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
- Num 21:6 — And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Num 21:6 — And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Ps 58:4 — Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
- Ps 58:5 — Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.