Jeremiah 20:4 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁴ 2 And thou, O Lord of hosts, prover of the just, who seest the reins and the heart: let me see, I beseech thee, thy vengeance on them: for to thee I have laid open my cause.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; they will fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon; he will carry them captive to Babylon and will slay them with the sword.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Common English Bible

⁴ The LORD proclaims: I’m going to strike panic into your heart and into the hearts of your friends. You will watch as they fall in battle to their enemies. I will hand over all Judah to the king of Babylon, who will exile some to Babylon and slaughter others.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will give you over to fear, you and all your friends, and they will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it. And I will give all of Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. And he will lead them away to Babylon, and he will strike them with the sword.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ For thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will deliver thee up to fear, thee and all thy friends. And they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thy eyes shall see it. And I will give all Juda into the hand of the king of Babylonand he shall carry them away to Babylon and he shall strike them with the sword.

Jeremiah 20:4 Cross References

2 Kings 25:7

2 But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.

Psalm 73:19

6 For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.

Jeremiah 13:10

8 Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.

Jeremiah 13:19

7 I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighing, the wickedness of thy fornication: and thy abominations, upon the hills in the field. Woe to thee, Jerusalem, wilt thou not be made clean after me: how long yet?

Jeremiah 19:15

For I am speaking now this long time, crying out against iniquity, and I often proclaim devistation: and the word of the Lord is made a reproach to me, and a derision all the day.

Jeremiah 20:6

4 Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: let not the day in which my mother bore me, be blessed.

Jeremiah 25:9

7 And I took the cup at the hand of the Lord, and I presented it to all the nations to drink of it, to which the Lord sent me:

Jeremiah 29:21

9 So Sophonias the priest read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremias the prophet.

Jeremiah 46:5

3 The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremias the prophet, how Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt:

Jeremiah 52:24

2 And he spoke kindly to him, and he set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:27

Aleph. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! how is the mistress of the Gentiles become as a widow: the princes of provinces made tributary!

Jeremiah 6:25

Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place.

1 Samuel 2:33

And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see: