Jeremiah 8:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: "'When people fall down, do they not get up? When someone turns away, do they not return?

New Living Translation
“Jeremiah, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD says: “‘When people fall down, don’t they get up again? When they discover they’re on the wrong road, don’t they turn back?

English Standard Version
“You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return?

Berean Study Bible
So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?

New American Standard Bible
“You shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Do people fall and not get up? Does one turn away and not repent?

NASB 1995
"You shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, "Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not repent?

NASB 1977
“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not repent?

Amplified Bible
“Moreover [Jeremiah], you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Do men fall and not rise up again? Does one turn away [from God] and not repent and return [to Him]?

Christian Standard Bible
“You are to say to them: This is what the LORD says: Do people fall and not get up again? If they turn away, do they not return?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"You are to say to them: This is what the LORD says: Do people fall and not get up again? If they turn away, do they not return?

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said: People of Jerusalem, when you stumble and fall, you get back up, and if you take a wrong road, you turn around and go back.

Good News Translation
The LORD told me to say to his people, "When someone falls down, doesn't he get back up? If someone misses the road, doesn't he turn back?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: When someone falls, he gets back up. When someone turns away from me, he returns.

International Standard Version
"You are to say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: "Will a person fall down and then not get up? Will someone turn away and then not turn back again?

NET Bible
The LORD said to me, "Tell them, 'The LORD says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

New King James Version
“Moreover you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Will they fall and not rise? Will one turn away and not return?

King James 2000 Bible
Moreover you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD; Shall they fall, and not rise? shall he turn away, and not return?

New Heart English Bible
"Moreover you shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

World English Bible
Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

American King James Version
Moreover you shall say to them, Thus said the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

American Standard Version
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

A Faithful Version
"And you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD; "Shall they fall and not arise? Shall one turn away and not repent?

Darby Bible Translation
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do [men] fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?

English Revised Version
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD: shall men fall, and not rise up again? shall one turn away, and not return?

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Thou shalt say vnto them also, Thus sayeth the Lorde, Shall they fall and not arise? shall he turne away and not turne againe?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Thus shalt thou say vnto them also: Thus saith the Lorde, Do men fall so, that they arise not vp againe? or if Israel repent, wyll not God turne againe to them?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
This shalt thou saye vnto them also: Thus saieth the LORDE: Do men fall so, that they arise not vp agayne: And turne they so farre awaye, yt they neuer conuerte?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“And you have said to them, Thus said YHWH: Do they fall, and not rise? Does he turn back, and not return?

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

Smith's Literal Translation
And say to them, Thus said Jehovah, Shall they fall and not rise? if he shall turn back, and not turn back?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Shall not he that falleth, rise again? and he that is turned away, shall he not turn again?

Catholic Public Domain Version
And you will say to them: Thus says the Lord: He who falls, will he not rise again? And he who has been turned away, will he not return?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall say to them: “Thus says LORD JEHOVAH: ‘They shall fall and they shall not arise, and if they would return to God, they will not return to God

Lamsa Bible
Moreover you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: They shall fall and not arise; and even if they would try to repent, they will not do so.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Moreover thou shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD: Do men fall, and not rise up again? Doth one turn away, and not return?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For thus saith the Lord, Shall not he that falls arise? or he that turns away, shall he not turn back again?
















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