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Jeremiah 4:30 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; [your] lovers despise you, they seek your life.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And you, devastated one, what will you do? Although you dress scarlet, although you adorn yourself jewelry of gold, although you enlarge your eyes with eye paint, you beautify yourself for futility. The ones lusting reject you; they seek your life. ts\*

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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