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Berean Standard Bible

“For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.””

Jeremiah 11:19

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Jeremiah has been proclaiming God's covenant to Judah, and he learns that men from his hometown Anathoth are plotting to kill him. He had not noticed the scheme.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

World English Bible (WEB)

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y yo como cordero inocente que llevan á degollar, pues no entendía que maquinaban contra mí designios, diciendo: Destruyamos el árbol con su fruto, y cortémoslo de la tierra de los vivientes, y no haya más memoria de su nombre.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Yo había estado tan confiado como oveja o buey camino del matadero, que no sabe lo que le espera. ¡No sabía que tramaban mi muerte! «Acabemos con este hombre y todos sus mensajes», decían, «matémoslo para que de él no quede ni el recuerdo».

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