Jeremiah 44:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 44:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וּמִן
min
H4480
from
אָ֡ז
ʼâz
H227
then
חָדַ֜לְנוּ
châdal
H2308
to cease
לְקַטֵּ֨ר
qâṭar
H6999
to burn incense
לִמְלֶ֧כֶת
mᵉleketh
H4446
queen
הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם
shâmayim
H8064
heaven
וְהַסֵּֽךְ
nâçak
H5258
to pour out
לָ֥הּ
נְסָכִ֖ים
neçek
H5262
drink offering
חָסַ֣רְנוּ
châçêr
H2637
to lack
כֹ֑ל
kôl
H3605
all
וּבַחֶ֥רֶב
chereb
H2719
sword
וּבָרָעָ֖ב
râʻâb
H7458
famine
תָּֽמְנוּ
tâmam
H8552
to be complete
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World English Bible Public Domain
But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
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King James Version Public Domain
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
When we refrained from doing these things, not offering incense to the queen of heaven and not pouring out drink offerings to her, we were all suffering poverty and were dying by sword and famine.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).