Jeremiah 8:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ “For look, I am sending among you serpents, adders, which have no enchanter, and they shall bite you,” declares יהוה.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ See, I’m sending serpents against you, vipers that you can’t charm, and they will bite you, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:17 Cross References

Psalm 58:6

O Elohim, break their teeth in their mouth! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O יהוה!

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the snake bites without enchantment, then ‘the master of the tongue’ is no better!

Isaiah 14:29

“Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod that smote you is broken; for out of the serpent’s roots comes forth an adder, and its offspring is a fiery flying serpent.

Amos 5:19

as when a man flees from a lion, and a bear shall meet him; or entered his house, rested his hand on the wall, and a serpent shall bite him.

Amos 9:3

“And if they hide themselves on top of Karmel, from there I shall search, and take them. And if they hide from before My eyes at the bottom of the sea, from there I shall command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

Numbers 21:6

And יהוה  sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people. And many of the people of Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 32:24

“Wasted by scarcity of food, And consumed by heat and bitter destruction, And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With the poison of serpents of the dust.

Revelation 9:19

For the authority of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents, having heads. And with them they do harm.