Jeremiah
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 14:20
“We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.”
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 14:20 Context
17Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. 18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. 19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! 20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. 21Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. 22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
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Other Translations
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickednes, and the iniquitie of our fathers: for wee haue sinned against thee.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
We know our wickedness, O LORD, The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
- American Standard Version (1901)
We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.
- Basic English Bible
Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
- Darby Bible
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
- Webster's Bible
We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
- World English Bible
We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.
- Youngs Literal Bible
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, even the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against Thee.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
We know our wickedness, O LORD, The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
- American Standard Version (1901)
We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.
- Basic English Bible
Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
- Darby Bible
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
- Webster's Bible
We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
- World English Bible
We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.
- Youngs Literal Bible
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, even the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against Thee.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 14:20
14:21 The throne - The words are either to be understood of the throne of the house of David, called the Lord's throne, #1Chron 29:23|, or else the temple, and the ark in it, the more special symbol of God's presence.
14:22 Rain - The present judgment under which they groan, was a drought, which he had described in the six first verses; the prophet imploring God for the removal of it, argues, from the impossibility of help in this case from any other way, none of the idols of the Heathens, which he calls vain things, nothing in themselves, and of no use, or profit to those that ran after them. Give showers - Without thy will? Art not - Lord, art not thou he alone who is able to do it? The scripture constantly gives God the honour of giving rain.