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Jeremiah 29:17

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 17 ‘This is what Jehovah of armies says: “Here I am sending against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence,*+ and I will make them like rotten* figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.”’+

Jeremiah 29:17

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 17 ‘This is what Jehovah of armies says: “Here I am sending against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence,*+ and I will make them like rotten* figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.”’+

Jeremiah 29:17

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 17 ‘This is what Jehovah of armies has said: “Here I am sending against them the sword,+ the famine+ and the pestilence,+ and I will make them like the burst-open figs that cannot be eaten for badness.”’+

Jeremiah 29:17

The Bible in Living English
- 17 —says Jehovah of Armies, Here I am turning loose on them warfare, starvation, and pestilence, and will make them like horrible figs, uneatably bad,

Jeremiah 29:17

American Standard Version
- 17 thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

Jeremiah 29:17

The Emphasized Bible
- 17 Thus saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! sending upon them sword, famine and pestilence,—So will I make them like the horrid figs that cannot be eaten for badness;