They sniffed at the wind like jackals;
Their eyes failed because there was no grass.”
Do it afor Your name’s sake;
For our backslidings are many,
We have sinned against You.
Why should You be like a stranger in the land,
And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
Like a mighty one awho cannot save?
Yet You, O Lord, bare in our midst,
And we are called by Your name;
Do not leave us!
a“Thus they have loved to wander;
They have not restrained their feet.
Therefore the Lord does not accept them;
bHe will remember their iniquity now,
And punish their sins.”
| << Jeremiah 14:6 | Jeremiah 14:8 >> |
American Standard Version
Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Amplified® Bible
O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us [prays Jeremiah], deal {and} work with us for Your own name's sake [that the heathen may witness Your might and faithfulness]! For our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
Contemporary English Version
Our terrible sins may demand that we be punished. But if you rescue us, LORD, everyone will see how great you are.
Darby English Version
Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many -- we have sinned against thee.
Good News Bible
My people cry out to me, 'Even though our sins accuse us, help us, LORD, as you have promised. We have turned away from you many times; we have sinned against you.
King James Version
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
New American Standard Bible
"Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for Your name's sake! Truly our apostasies have been many, We have sinned against You.
New International Version
Although our sins testify against us,
O LORD, do something for the sake of your name.
For our backsliding is great;
we have sinned against you.
New King James Version
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us,
Do it for Your name's sake;
For our backslidings are many,
We have sinned against You.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Although our iniquities testify against us,O LORD, act for Your name's sake! Truly our apostasies have multiplied, We have sinned against You.
Revised Standard Version
"Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many, we have sinned against thee.
Young's Literal Translation
Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.
New English Translation
Then I said,1 “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name2 even though our sins speak out against us.3 Indeed,4 we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.
| << Jeremiah 14:6 | Jeremiah 14:8 >> |
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