Jeremiah 6:26 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 6:26 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 →
בַּת
bath
H1323
daughter
עַמִּ֤י
ʻam
H5971
people
חִגְרִי
châgar
H2296
to gird
שָׂק֙
saq
H8242
sackcloth
וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י
pâlash
H6428
to roll
בָאֵ֔פֶר
ʼêpher
H665
ashes
אֵ֤בֶל
ʼêbel
H60
mourning
יָחִיד֙
yâchîyd
H3173
only
עֲשִׂ֣י
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לָ֔ךְ
מִסְפַּ֖ד
miçpêd
H4553
wailing
תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים
tamrûwr
H8563
bitterness
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
פִתְאֹ֔ם
pithʼôwm
H6597
suddenly
יָבֹ֥א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
הַשֹּׁדֵ֖ד
shâdad
H7703
to devastate
עָלֵֽינוּ
ʻal
H5921
upon
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World English Bible Public Domain
Daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.
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King James Version Public Domain
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Daughter of my people, gird yourself sackcloth and roll about in ash; make mourning for yourself an only son a lamentation of bitterness, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us. ts\*
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).