Jeremiah 4:9

Green's Literal Translation

And it will be on that day, says Jehovah, the king's heart and the heart of the rulers shall perish. And the priests shall be amazed; and the prophets shall be astounded.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the king and the officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be scared speechless.”

Hebrew Names Version
It shall happen at that day, says the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the Kohanim shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

King James Version
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord , that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

English Standard Version
"In that day, declares the Lord , courage shall fail both king and officials. The priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded."

New American Standard Bible
"And it shall come about on that day," declares the LORD, "that the heart of the king and the hearts of the leaders will fail; and the priests will tremble, and the prophets will be astonished."

New Century Version
"When this happens," says the Lord , "the king and officers will lose their courage. The priests will be terribly afraid, and the prophets will be shocked!"

Amplified Bible
"It shall come about in that day," says the LORD, "that the heart and courage of the king will fail (be paralyzed), and also the heart of the princes; the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded and horrified."

World English Bible
It shall happen at that day, says Yahweh, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And in that day, saith the Lorde, the heart of the King shall perish, and the heart of the princes and the Priestes shall be astonished, and the Prophets shall wonder.

Legacy Standard Bible
"It will be in that day," declares Yahweh, "that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will perish; and the priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be astonished."

Berean Standard Bible
"In that day," declares the LORD, "the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded."

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said, "When all this happens, the king and his officials, the prophets and the priests will be shocked and terrified."

Complete Jewish Bible
"When that day comes," says Adonai , "the king's heart will fail him, likewise the princes'; the cohanim will be appalled and the prophets stupefied."

Darby Translation
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall be amazed.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord says, "When this happens, the king and his officers will lose their courage. The priests will be filled with fear, and the prophets will be shocked."

George Lamsa Translation
And it shall come to pass at that day, says the LORD, that the hearts of kings shall fail, and the hearts of princes; and the priests shall be astonished and the prophets shall wonder.

Good News Translation
The Lord said, "On that day kings and officials will lose their courage; priests will be shocked and prophets will be astonished."

Lexham English Bible
And then on that day," declares Yahweh, "the heart of the king and the heart of the officials will be destroyed, and the priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be astonished."

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At the same tyme (saieth the LORDE) the hert of the kinge and of the prynces shal be gone, the prestes shalbe astonished, and the prophetes shalbe sore afrayed.

American Standard Version
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Bible in Basic English
And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king will be dead in him, and the hearts of the rulers; and the priests will be overcome with fear, and the prophets with wonder.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall fail, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

King James Version (1611)
And it shall come to passe at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the King shall perish, and the heart of the Princes: and the Priests shalbe astonished, & the prophets shall wonder.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
At the same tyme saith the Lord, the heart of the kyng & of the princes shalbe gone, the priestes shalbe astonished, and the prophetes shalbe sore afrayde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be amazed, and the prophets shall wonder.

English Revised Version
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it schal be, in that dai, seith the Lord, the herte of the king schal perische, and the herte of princis; and the prestis schulen wondre, and the prophetis schulen be astonyed.

Update Bible Version
And it shall come to pass at that day, says Yahweh, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, [that] the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

New English Translation
"When this happens," says the Lord , "the king and his officials will lose their courage. The priests will be struck with horror, and the prophets will be speechless in astonishment."

New King James Version
"And it shall come to pass in that day," says the LORD, "That the heart of the king shall perish, And the heart of the princes; The priests shall be astonished, And the prophets shall wonder."

New Living Translation
"In that day," says the Lord , "the king and the officials will tremble in fear. The priests will be struck with horror, and the prophets will be appalled."

New Life Bible
"In that day," says the Lord, "the heart of the king and the hearts of the rulers will become weak. The religious leaders will be filled with fear. And the men of God will be troubled and filled with wonder."

New Revised Standard
On that day, says the Lord , courage shall fail the king and the officials; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth Yahweh, That the courage of the king shall fail, And the courage of the princes, - And the priests shall be astonished, And, the prophets, shall be amazed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord: That the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes: and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall be amazed.

Revised Standard Version
"In that day, says the LORD, courage shall fail both king and princes; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded."

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah: `Perish doth the heart of the king, And the heart of the princes, And astonished have been the priests, And the prophets do wonder.'

THE MESSAGE
"When this happens" — God 's Decree— "King and princes will lose heart; priests will be baffled and prophets stand dumbfounded."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It shall come about in that day," declares the LORD, "that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will fail; and the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded."

Contextual Overview

⁵ Declare in Judah, and make it heard in Jerusalem, and say, Blow the ram's horn in the land. Cry, fulfill and say, Assemble yourselves and go into the fortified cities. ⁶ Lift up a banner toward Zion. Flee for safety and do not wait. For I will bring evil from the north and a great ruin. ⁷ The lion has come up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a waste. Your cities will fall into ruins without one living in them . ⁸ Clothe yourselves with sackcloth for this, wail and howl. For the fierce anger of Jehovah has not turned back from us. ⁹ And it will be on that day, says Jehovah, the king's heart and the heart of the rulers shall perish. And the priests shall be amazed; and the prophets shall be astounded. ¹⁰ Then I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace, but the sword reaches to the soul. ¹¹ At that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare hills in the desert toward the daughter of My people, not to sift nor to cleanse! ¹² A wind more full than these shall come for Me. Now I also will speak judgments against them. ¹³ Behold, he shall come up like clouds, and his chariots like a tempest. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are plundered! ¹⁴ O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart from evil so that you may be saved. Until when will your vain thoughts lodge within you?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that the heart: Jeremiah 39:4, Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 52:7, 1 Samuel 25:37, 1 Samuel 25:38, 2 Kings 25:4, Psalms 102:4, Isaiah 19:3, Isaiah 19:11, Isaiah 19:12, Isaiah 19:16, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 21:4, Isaiah 22:3-5

and the priests: Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 37:19, Isaiah 29:9, Isaiah 29:10, Ezekiel 13:9-16, Acts 13:41

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:28 - General Jeremiah 25:34 - Howl

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
And Abel brought, he also, from the firstlings of his flocks, even from their fat. And Jehovah looked to Abel and to his offering.

Genesis 4:9
And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed more than the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Genesis 4:13
And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Genesis 4:14
Behold! You have driven me out from the face of the earth today. And I shall be hidden from Your face. And I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth. And it will be that anyone who finds me shall kill me.

Genesis 37:32
And they sent the robe reaching to the soles of his feet, and they took it to their father, and said, We have found this. Now look, is it your son's robe?

Psalms 9:12
For He remembers them, the seeker of bloodshed; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Proverbs 28:13
He who covers his sins never prospers, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall have pity.

John 8:44
You are of the Devil as father, and the lusts of your father you desire to do. That one was a murderer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaksfrom his own, because he is a liar, and the father of it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord,.... When Nebuchadnezzar should be come up from Babylon into the land of Judea, and lay waste the cities thereof, and besiege Jerusalem:

that the heart of the king shall perish; meaning Zedekiah king of Judah, who should be in the utmost fright and consternation, not knowing what to do, being devoid both of wisdom and courage; see

Jeremiah 39:4:

and the heart of the princes; who being seized with the same panic, and at their wits' end, would not be able to give any advice and counsel to the king; so that the people would have no help from the king and his nobles, in whom they put their confidence:

and the priests shall be astonished; which Kimchi interprets of the priests of the high places, the idolatrous priests, whose service would now cease, and whose idols would not save them:

and the prophets shall wonder; which he also interprets of the false prophets; as does the Targum; who prophesied peace, and now they shall see it was a lie they prophesied, since sudden destruction now comes upon them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 4:9. The heart of the king shall perish — Shall lose all courage.