Jer Jeremiah, chapter Book of Jeremiah, chapter 8

Translations

Even the stork in the sky

knows her appointed seasons.

The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush8:7 The precise identification of some of these birds is uncertain.

keep their time of migration,

but My people do not know

the requirements of the LORD.Mat 16:3; Luk 19:42

Jeremiah 8:7 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
ASV Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
DRA The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
FBV Even storks high in the sky know when it's time to migrate. Turtledoves, swifts, and songbirds know when to fly away at the right time of the year. But my people don't know the laws of the Lord.
GNV Euen the storke in the aire knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle and the crane and the swallowe obserue the time of their comming, but my people knoweth not the iudgement of the Lord.
JPS Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD.
LSV Even a stork in the heavens has known her seasons, || And turtle, and swallow, and crane, || Have watched the time of their coming, || And—My people have not known the judgment of YHWH.
MSB Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
NIV (US) Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.
NMV Yes, the stork in the heaven knows her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow (to approve, commend, accept) observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).
OJB Yea, the stork in the Shomayim knoweth her mo'adim (appointed times); and the turtledove and the swift and the crane are shomer over their time for migration; but Ami (My People) have no da'as (knowledge) of the Mishpat Hashem (rule, ordinance, regulation, law of Hashem).
T4T All the birds that fly south for the ◄winter/cold season► know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people are not like those birds! They do not know what I, Yahweh, require them to do.
WEB (US) Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.
WEB (UK) Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know the LORD’s law.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) И аист под небом знает свои определенные времена, и горлица, и ласточка, и журавль наблюдают время, когда им прилететь; а народ Мой не знает определения Господня.
РСП (юбил.) И аист под небом знает свои определенные времена, и горлица, и ласточка, и журавль наблюдают время, когда им прилететь; а народ Мой не знает определения Господнего.
НРП Даже аист в небе знает свои установленные времена, и горлица, и ласточка, и журавль знают время прилета. Но Мой народ не знает определенного Господом.
Заокская (Кулаков) Даже аист в небе знает свое время, голубь, ласточка и журавль точно в срок возвращаются с юга, а народ Мой не знает предписаний Господних.
ВП Даже аист в небе знает свои сроки, и горлица, и ласточка, и журавль знают время перелёта. Но Мой народ не знает Закона Вечного.
СП (БЛ) Ведь даже птицы знают своё время: аисты, голуби, дрозды, стрижи — все знают, когда приходит время перелёта, но Мой народ не знает, чего Господь желает им.
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