Parallel Verses
King James 2000
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be gashes, and upon the loins sackcloth.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
Holman Bible
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped;
International Standard Version
Indeed every head will be bald and every beard cut short. There will be gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.
A Conservative Version
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped. Upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
American Standard Version
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
Amplified
For every head is [shaven] bald and every beard cut off; there are cuts (slashes) on all the hands and sackcloth on the
Bible in Basic English
For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.
Darby Translation
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
Julia Smith Translation
For every head bald, and every beard shaved: upon all hands cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [on] every head [is] baldness, and every beard is trimmed. On all [the] hands, slashes, and on [the] loins, sackcloth.
Modern King James verseion
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All heads shall be shaven, and all beards clipped off: all hands bound, and all loins girded about with sack cloth.
NET Bible
For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth.
New Heart English Bible
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.
The Emphasized Bible
For, every head, is baldness, And every beard, clipped: Upon all hands, are gashes, And upon the loins, sackcloth
Webster
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
World English Bible
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.
Youngs Literal Translation
For every head is bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins -- sackcloth.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
36 Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he has gotten have perished. 37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be gashes, and upon the loins sackcloth. 38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets: for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure, says the LORD.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 37:34
And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Isaiah 15:2-3
He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
Jeremiah 41:5
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 47:5
Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
Isaiah 20:2
At the same time spoke the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and remove the sackcloth from off your body, and put off your shoes from your feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 16:6
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Genesis 37:29
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
1 Kings 18:28
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.
1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
2 Kings 6:30
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth beneath upon his flesh.
Isaiah 3:24
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet fragrance there shall be a stench; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and a burning scar instead of beauty.
Isaiah 37:1
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Ezekiel 7:18
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Ezekiel 27:31
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon every waist, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and its end as a bitter day.
Micah 1:16
Make yourselves bald, and cut your hair because of your precious children; enlarge your baldness like an eagle; for they shall go into captivity from you.
Mark 5:5
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Revelation 11:3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth.