Jeremiah 16:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Both high and low will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut themselves or shave their head for the dead.

New Living Translation
Both the great and the lowly will die in this land. No one will bury them or mourn for them. Their friends will not cut themselves in sorrow or shave their heads in sadness.

English Standard Version
Both great and small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or cut himself or make himself bald for them.

Berean Study Bible
“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

New American Standard Bible
Both great people and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, people will not mourn for them, nor will anyone make cuts on himself or have his head shaved for them.

NASB 1995
"Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.

NASB 1977
“Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.

Amplified Bible
Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, nor will they be lamented (mourned over with expressions of grief in death), nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them [in mourning].

Christian Standard Bible
“Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

Contemporary English Version
Rich and poor alike will die and be left unburied. No one will mourn and show their sorrow by cutting themselves or shaving their heads.

Good News Translation
The rich and the poor will die in this land, but no one will bury them or mourn for them. Not one of you will gash yourself or shave your head to show your grief.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Old and young alike will die in this land. No one will mourn for them or bury them. No one will cut his own body or shave his own head for them.

International Standard Version
Both the most and the least important people will die in this land, and they won't be buried. People won't mourn for them. They won't cut themselves, nor will they shave their heads for them.

NET Bible
Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

New King James Version
Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

King James 2000 Bible
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

New Heart English Bible
Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

World English Bible
Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

American King James Version
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

American Standard Version
Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

A Faithful Version
Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, nor shall men mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

Darby Bible Translation
Both great and small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried; and none shall lament for them, or cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

English Revised Version
Both great and small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

Webster's Bible Translation
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Both the great, and the smal shal die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them nor cut themselues, nor make themselues balde for them.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And in this lande shall they dye olde and young, and shall not be buryed: no man shall beweepe them, no man shall clippe or shaue hym selfe for them.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And in this londe shal they dye, olde and yonge, and shall not be buried: no man shall bewepe them, no man shall clippe or shaue himselff for them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And great and small have died in this land, "" They are not buried, and none lament for them, "" Nor does any cut himself, nor become bald for them.

Young's Literal Translation
And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the great and small died in this land: they shall not be buried, and they shall not lament for them, and none shall cut himself or make bald for them:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Both the great and the little shall die in the land: they shall not be buried nor lamented, and men shall not cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not be mourned. And no one will cut themselves or make themselves bald on their behalf.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the great ones and the common shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, and they shall not mourn over them, neither shall they howl or shave bald for them

Lamsa Bible
Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall any one mourn for them or lament for them, or shave his head for them;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They shall not bewail them, nor make cuttings for them, and they shall not shave themselves for them:
















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