Jeremiah 2:11 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.
English ASV
Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
English Amplified
Has a nation [ever] changed its gods, even though they are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory [God] for that which does not profit.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Has a nation [ever] changed its gods, even though they are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory [God] for that which does not profit.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? (But they were not gods! ) Yet my people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Hath a nation changed [its] gods? and they are no gods; but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
English EASY 2024
Have any other nations turned against their gods? No! They have not done that, even to their false gods! But my people have turned against me, the true God who makes them great.’
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Has any nation ever stopped worshiping their old gods so that they could worship new gods? No! And their gods are not really gods at all! But my people stopped worshiping their glorious God and started worshiping idols that are worth nothing.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
No other nation has ever changed its gods, even though they were not real. But my people have exchanged me, the God who has brought them honor, for gods that can do nothing for them.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Has any nation ever exchanged gods? (Their gods aren't really gods.) Yet, my people have exchanged their Glory for something that doesn't help them.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Has a nation [ever] exchanged its gods? (but they were not gods!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
English KJV 1611
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
English LSB
Has a nation changed gods Though they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Has a nation changed their gods, though they are not gods? But My people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Has a nation changed gods When they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Does any other nation change its gods?-- yet they are not gods at all! But my people have changed their glory for useless things.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Has a nation ever changed its gods? Actually, they are not even gods at all. But my people have traded away their glorious God. They have traded me for worthless statues of gods.
English NIV
Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their Glory for worthless idols.
English NKJ 1982
Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.
English NLT
Has any nation ever exchanged its gods for another god, even though its gods are nothing? Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols!
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for something that does not profit.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Has a nation ever traded in its gods (even though they are not really gods)? But my people have bartered away their glory in exchange for gods who do nothing.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Send to the west to the island of Cyprus; send to the east to the deserts of Kedar. See if anyone there has ever heard so strange a thing as this. And yet my people have given up their glorious God for silly idols!
English Tyndale 1537
whether the Gentiles themselves deal so falsely and untruly with their gods, (which yet are no gods in deed) But my people hath given over their high honour, for a thing that may not help them.