Jeremiah 44:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 44:8 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 →
לְהַכְעִסֵ֨נִי֙
kaʻaç
H3707
to be angry
בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י
maʻăseh
H4639
work
יְדֵיכֶ֔ם
yâd
H3027
hand
לְקַטֵּ֞ר
qâṭar
H6999
to burn incense
לֵאלֹהִ֤ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אֲחֵרִים֙
ʼachêr
H312
other
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
מִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אַתֶּ֥ם
ʼattâh
H859
you
בָּאִ֖ים
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
לָג֣וּר
gûwr
H1481
to sojourn
שָׁ֑ם
shâm
H8033
there
לְמַ֨עַן֙
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
הַכְרִ֣ית
kârath
H3772
to cut
לָכֶ֔ם
וּלְמַ֤עַן
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
הֱיֽוֹתְכֶם֙
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לִקְלָלָ֣ה
qᵉlâlâh
H7045
curse
וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה
cherpâh
H2781
reproach
בְּכֹ֖ל
kôl
H3605
all
גּוֹיֵ֥י
gôwy
H1471
nation
הָאָֽרֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
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World English Bible Public Domain
in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are gone to sojourn; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
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King James Version Public Domain
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
By your wickedness you have offended me with the deeds of your hands, by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to live. You have gone there so that you will be destroyed, so that you will be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).