Jeremiah 3:23 — Compare Translations

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Truly in vain is the hope of salvation from the hills and from the tumult and noisy throng on the mountains; truly in and with the Lord our God rests the salvation of Israel.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Truly in vain is the hope of salvation from the hills and from the tumult and noisy throng on the mountains; truly in and with the Lord our God rests the salvation of Israel.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the Lord our God.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Surely, falsehood comes from the hills, commotion from the mountains, but the salvation of Israel is only in the LORD our God.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Truly in vain [is salvation looked for] from the hills, [and] the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

English EASY 2024

The false gods that we worship on the hills have deceived us. Our wild parties on the mountains have not helped us. Only the Lord our God can really save Israel.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

It was foolish to worship idols on the hills. All the loud parties on the mountains were wrong. Surely the salvation of Israel comes from the Lord our God.

Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

We were not helped at all by our pagan worship on the hilltops. Help for Israel comes only from the Lord our God.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Truly, the noise from the hills, from the mountains, is the noise of false worship. Truly, the Lord our God will rescue us.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Surely, falsehood comes from the hills, commotion from the mountains, but the salvation of Israel is only in the LORD our God.

English KJV 1611

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

English LSB

Surely, the hills are a lie, A tumult on the mountains. Surely in Yahweh our God Is the salvation of Israel.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains. Truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Surely, the hills are a deception, A tumult on the mountains. Surely in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Deceptive indeed are the hills, the thronging mountains; In the LORD, our God, alone is the salvation of Israel.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the LORD our God is the only one who can deliver Israel.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The gods we worship on the hills and mountains are useless. You are the Lord our God. You are the only one who can save us.

English NIV

Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills and mountains is a deception; surely in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

English NKJ 1982

Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, And from the multitude of mountains; Truly, in the Lord our God Is the salvation of Israel.

English NLT

Our worship of idols and our religious orgies on the hills and mountains are completely false. Only in the LORD our God will Israel ever find salvation.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

We see it now. Our idolatrous worship on the high places and our noisy commotion on the mountains were nothing but delusions. Only you, Yahweh our God, can save us.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

We are weary of worshiping idols on the hills and of having orgies on the mountains. It is all a farce. Only in the Lord our God can Israel ever find her help and her salvation.

English Tyndale 1537

The hills fall, and all the high pride of the mountains, but the health of Israel standeth only upon God our LORD.