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Jeremiah 11:19

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 19 I was like a docile lamb being brought to the slaughter.
  
  I did not know that they were scheming against me:+
  
  “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
  And let us cut him off from the land of the living,
  So that his name may be remembered no more.”

Jeremiah 11:19

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 19 And I was like a male lamb, an intimate one, that is brought to slaughter,+ and I did not know that it was against me that they thought out schemes:+ “Let us bring to ruin the tree with its food, and let us cut him off from the land of the living ones,+ that his very name may no more be remembered.”

Jeremiah 11:19

The Bible in Living English
- 19 * And I was like a cosset sheep being taken to slaughtering, and had not known that they had laid plans against me, “let us throw wood into his bread and annihilate him out of the world of living men, and his name not be remembered again.”

Jeremiah 11:19

American Standard Version
- 19 But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Jeremiah 11:19

The Emphasized Bible
- 19 But I was as a gentle lamb that is to be led to the slaughter,—and I knew not that against me they had devised devices [saying]—Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, Yea let us cut him off out of the land of the living, And his name shall be remembered no more!

Jeremiah 11:19

King James Version
- 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.