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Bishop's Bible

Jeremiah 2:29

Wherfore then wyll ye go to lawe with me? seeyng ye all are sinners agaynst me, saith the Lorde.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Depravity of Man;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Sin;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jeremiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jeremiah (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Why do you bring a case against me?All of you have rebelled against me.
Hebrew Names Version
Why will you contend with me? you all have transgressed against me, says the LORD.
King James Version
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord .
English Standard Version
"Why do you contend with me? You have all transgressed against me, declares the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
"Why do you contend with Me? You have all revolted against Me," declares the LORD.
New Century Version
"Why do you complain to me? All of you have turned against me," says the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"Why do you complain and contend with Me? You have all rebelled (transgressed) against Me," says the LORD.
World English Bible
Why will you contend with me? you all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore wil ye pleade with me? ye all haue rebelled against me, sayeth the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Why do you contend with Me?You have all transgressed against Me," declares Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me," declares the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Israel: You accuse me of not saving you, but I say you have rebelled.
Complete Jewish Bible
Why argue with me? You have all rebelled against me!" says Adonai .
Darby Translation
Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Why do you argue with me? You have all turned against me." This message was from the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
Why then do you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me, says the LORD.
Good News Translation
What is your complaint? Why have you rebelled against me?
Lexham English Bible
Why do you complain to me? All of you have rebelled against me," declares Yahweh.
Literal Translation
Why do you contend with Me? All of you, you have rebelled against Me, says Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore the wil ye go to lawe with me, seinge ye all are synners agaynst me, saieth the LORDE?
American Standard Version
Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Wherefore will ye contend with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Wherefore will yee plead with me? yee all haue transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Wherefore do ye speak unto me? ye all have been ungodly, and ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
English Revised Version
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
What wolen ye stryue with me in doom? Alle ye han forsake me, seith the Lord.
Update Bible Version
Why will you contend with me? you all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Why will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
New English Translation
"Why do you try to refute me? All of you have rebelled against me," says the Lord .
New King James Version
"Why will you plead with Me? You all have transgressed against Me," says the LORD.
New Living Translation
Why do you accuse me of doing wrong? You are the ones who have rebelled," says the Lord .
New Life Bible
"Why do you complain against Me? You have all sinned against Me," says the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Why do you complain against me? You have all rebelled against me, says the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, should ye plead against me, All of you, have transgressed against me Declareth Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Why will you contend with me in judgment? you have all forsaken me, saith the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
"Why do you complain against me? You have all rebelled against me, says the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
THE MESSAGE
"What do you have against me, running off to assert your ‘independence'?" God 's Decree. "I've wasted my time trying to train your children. They've paid no attention to me, ignored my discipline. And you've gotten rid of your God-messengers, treating them like dirt and sweeping them away.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Why do you contend with Me? You have all transgressed against Me," declares the LORD.

Contextual Overview

29 Wherfore then wyll ye go to lawe with me? seeyng ye all are sinners agaynst me, saith the Lorde. 30 It is but lost labour that I smite your children, for they receaue not my correction: your owne sworde destroyeth your prophetes, lyke a deuouryng lion. 31 Oh generation, hearken vnto the worde of the Lorde: Am I become a wildernesse vnto the people of Israel? or a lande that hath no lyght? wherfore saith my people then, We are lordes, we wyll come no more vnto thee? 32 Doth a mayde forget her rayment, or a bride her stomacher? but my people hath forgotten me a very long whyle. 33 Why beautifiest thou thy wayes so hyely, to obteyne fauour therthrough? therfore also hast thou taught wickednesse through thy wayes. 34 Upon thy wynges is found the blood of poore and innocent people, whom thou didst not fynde in corners & holes: but thou sluest the prophetes for reprouyng all these thynges. 35 Yet darest thou say, I am [without sinne and] giltlesse, Tushe, his wrath can not come vpon me: Beholde, I wyll reason with thee, because thou darest say, I haue not offended. 36 Why gaddest thou so much hither and thither, to chaunge thy wayes? for thou shalt be confounded aswell of Egypt as thou wast of the Assyrians. 37 Yea thou shalt go thy way from them, and smite thine handes together vpon thy head, because the Lorde shall bring that confidence and hope of thine to naught, & thou shalt not prosper withal.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

will ye plead: Jeremiah 2:23, Jeremiah 2:35, Jeremiah 3:2

ye all have: Jeremiah 5:1, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 9:2-6, Daniel 9:11, Romans 3:19

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 2:9 - I will Ezekiel 18:25 - are Micah 6:2 - a controversy Ephesians 1:9 - purposed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore will ye plead with me?.... Strive and contend, chide, murmur, and complain, when evil came upon them, as if the Lord dealt hardly with them, and as if they had never sinned against him; when their case would not bear to be brought into judgment and examined openly; what would they get by that but shame and disgrace?

ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord; high and low, rich and poor, great and small; men of all ranks, degrees, and character; kings, priests and prophets; and therefore ought not to contend with God, and charge him with injustice or unkindness, but themselves with folly and wickedness.


 
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