Jeremiah 4:21

King James Version (1611 Edition)

How long shal I see the standard and heare the sound of the Trumpet?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
How long must I see the signal flagand hear the sound of the ram’s horn?

Hebrew Names Version
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the shofar?

King James Version
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

English Standard Version
How long must I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

New American Standard Bible
How long must I see the flag And hear the sound of the trumpet?

New Century Version
How long must I look at the war flag? How long must I listen to the war trumpet?

Amplified Bible
How long [O LORD] must I see the banner [marking the way for flight] And hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to run for safety]?

World English Bible
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Howe long shall I see the standert, and heare the sounde of the trumpet?

Legacy Standard Bible
How long must I see the standardAnd hear the sound of the trumpet?

Berean Standard Bible
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Contemporary English Version
How long will I see enemy flags and hear their trumpets?

Complete Jewish Bible
How long must I see that signal and hear the shofar sound?

Darby Translation
How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?

Easy-to-Read Version
How long must I see the war flags? How long must I hear the war trumpets?

George Lamsa Translation
How long shall I see fugitives and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Good News Translation
How long must I see the battle raging and hear the blasts of trumpets?

Lexham English Bible
How long must I see the banner, and hear the sound of a horn?

Literal Translation
Until when must I see the banner and hear the sound of the ram's horn?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
How longe shall I se the tokens of warre, and heare the noyse of the trompettes?

American Standard Version
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Bible in Basic English
How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
How long shall I see the standard, shall I hear the sound of the horn?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howe long shall I see the tokens of warre, and heare the noyse of the trumpettes?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

English Revised Version
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Hou longe schal Y se hem that fleen, schal Y here the vois of a clarioun?

Update Bible Version
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Webster's Bible Translation
How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?

New English Translation
"How long must I see the enemy's battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?"

New King James Version
How long will I see the standard, And hear the sound of the trumpet?

New Living Translation
How long must I see the battle flags and hear the trumpets of war?

New Life Bible
How long must I see the flag and hear the sound of the horn?

New Revised Standard
How long must I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
How long shall I keep on seeing a standard, - continue to hear the sound of a horn?

Douay-Rheims Bible
How long shall I see men fleeing away, how long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet?

Revised Standard Version
How long must I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Young's Literal Translation
Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
How long must I see the standard And hear the sound of the trumpet?

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ My bowels, my bowels, I am pained at my very heart, my heart maketh a noise in mee, I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soule, the sound of the Trumpet, the alarme of warre. ²⁰ Destruction vpon destruction is cried, for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtaines in a moment. ²¹ How long shal I see the standard and heare the sound of the Trumpet? ²² For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me, they are sottish children, and they haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe good they haue no knowledge. ²³ I beheld the earth, and loe, it was without forme and void: and the heauens, and they had no light. ²⁴ I beheld the mountaines, and loe they trembled, and all the hilles mooued lightly. ²⁵ I behelde, and loe, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauens were fled. ²⁶ I beheld, and loe, the fruitfull place was a wildernesse, and all the cities thereof were broken downe at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger. ²⁷ For thus hath the Lord said; The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full ende. ²⁸ For this shall the earth mourne, and the heauens aboue be blacke: because I haue spoken it, I haue purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turne backe from it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

How long: Jeremiah 4:14

shall I: Jeremiah 4:5, Jeremiah 4:6, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 6:1, 2 Chronicles 35:25, 2 Chronicles 36:3, 2 Chronicles 36:6, 2 Chronicles 36:7, 2 Chronicles 36:10, 2 Chronicles 36:17

Reciprocal: Numbers 10:9 - then ye shall 2 Samuel 2:26 - how long Jeremiah 42:14 - nor hear Jeremiah 47:6 - how long Jeremiah 48:3 - voice Micah 4:9 - why

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thy hand.

Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yeeld vnto thee her strength: A fugitiue and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flie away secretly, and steale away from me, and didst not tell mee? that I might haue sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harpe,

Job 21:12
They take the timbrell and harpe, and reioyce at the sound of the organe.

Isaiah 5:12
And the harpe and the viole, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts: but they regard not the worke of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

Amos 6:5
That chaunt to the sound of the Uiole, and inuent to themselues instruments of musicke, like Dauid:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

How long shall I see the standard,.... "Ensign" or "banner" displayed; either by the watchmen placed on high hills or towers, who, when they see the enemy approaching, lift up their ensign or banner, and blow with their trumpets, to give the people warning and notice of it, and to call them to battle, and that they might prepare for the same, as Kimchi observes; or else by the Chaldean army, which came with colours flying, trumpets blowing, and set in array for battle, which was very terrible, as an army with banners is, Song of Solomon 6:4:

and hear the sound of the trumpet? either of the watchmen giving notice of danger, and summoning to battle, or of the enemy preparing to attack; see 1 Corinthians 14:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The standard - See Jeremiah 4:6. The alarm caused by the invasion is graphically described. The people are dispersed over the land following their usual pursuits, when tidings come of the enemy’s approach. The only chance of escape is a hasty flight. Flags stream from the hills to mark the safest route, while the blasts of the trumpet quicken the steps of the wavering.